Anonymous Hackers Take Down Jihadist Website To Avenge Charlie Hebdo Attacks in Paris
Hackers claiming to be with the group Anonymous claimed recently that they have infiltrated the system of an alleged jihadist website in an apparent retaliation for the Paris attacks last week.
The so-called "hacktivists" also announced the second phase of their mission to avenge the deaths of editors, cartoonists, as well as a policeman, who died in the shooting at Charlie Hebdo last Wednesday.
In a tweet on the account of @OpCharlieHebdo, hackers took responsibility for taking down the website of Ansar-Alhaqq, which remains down and is being redirected to Duck Duck Go, a search engine.
It came with the hashtag #TangoDown and the message: "Expect us. #JeSuisCharlie' -- a reference to the campaign of solidarity launched worldwide in the wake of the atrocity, the Daily Mail said.
"It is clear that certain people do not want, in a free world, the inviolable and sacred right to express their opinions in whatever manner they wish," a post from the #francophone chapter of Anonymous wrote in French, according to Yahoo Tech.
"Freedom of expression is a non-negotiable thing; an attack on it is an attack on democracy. Get ready for a massive reaction and frontal assault, because defending liberty is at the heart of our movement," it added.
Anonymous also named dozens of Twitter accounts that the hacktivist group says belong to jihadists, posting the alleged jihadists' Twitter handles on Pastebin, a website that lets people post information anonymously online.
It also vowed to expose the Facebook accounts of extremists as part of its online war against jihadists, according to the Mirror.
"Phase two of OpCharlieHebdo awaits. We will be releasing Jihad Facebook user profiles soon," the group warned.
Last Friday, the group promised to wage an online war against the jihadists as their response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, which left 12 people dead when gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical magazine.
