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Hackers flood Daesh’s channels with porn

Published on: 30 Nov 2017

Hackers have launched a cyber attack on Isis by slipping pornography into the terrorist organisation’s official communication channels.

In one example, the hackers photoshopped an image of a naked woman into an announcement about the opening of a media centre in IS-controlled Syria, to make it appear that the Islamic State extremists had been viewing pornographic material.

Members of the six-strong Daeshgram hacker group say they launched the attack in a bid to show distrust among IS supporters about messages from the group’s leadership.

Speaking to Newsweek, an anonymous Daeshgram member said: “Our intention was to flood the market with fake Amaq content in order to dilute the credibility of Amaq – a so-called news agency.”

A DDoS attack launched by Daeshgram successfully forced the Amaq site offline. The group then created an exact replica of the page with messages mocking the terror group’s ideology.

The exercise seemed to have been worthwhile, with messages from encrypted messaging app Telegram suggesting confusion and distrust of Amaq.

This isn’t the first time pornography has flooded Isis’ channels. In 2016, anonymous hacker WachulaGhost caused upset by filling the terror group’s social media accounts with gay porn.

WachulaGhost reprised the attack, targeting more than 250 social media accounts affiliated with Isis supporters and sympathisers.