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Charlie Hebdo attack: Anonymous claims first victory in 'war' on jihadi websites

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Hacking group announces on Twitter account @OpCharlieHebdo that it has taken down French terror-mongering website

The hacking group Anonymous has announced its first victory in its bid to target jihadists by disabling an extremist website.

Anonymous boasted in a tweet that it had struck ansar-alhaqq.net, a French terror-mongering website, as part of its efforts to protect freedom of speech.

The Twitter account, @OpCharlieHebdo, posted '#TangoDown' and the name of a French website associated with extremists.

The page remains down, diverting to the search engine 'DuckDuckGo'. A Belgium offshoot of the group had previously warned of an attack on all social media sites in a video tribute to the Charlie Hebdo journalists and their families.

In the clip, a figure wearing the group's symbolic Guy Fawkes mask says: "We are declaring war against you, the terrorists."

The figure, who is seated in front of a desk with the hashtag #OpCharlieHebdo (Operation Charlie Hebdo) on the screen, adds that they will close all accounts on social networks related to terrorists in order to avenge those who have been killed.

Over 6.5 million people have viewed the clip since it was uploaded on January 8, with 21,000 people "liking" it.

On Friday, the group published a separate declaration stating: "We are legion. We will not forget. We do not forgive."

The post on Pastebin also included a promise of a "massive" attack. "Expect a massive frontal reaction from us because the struggle for the defence of those freedoms is the foundation of our movement," it read.

The precise method used in the cyber-attack remains unclear, but Anonymous have previously used a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) which floods the website with traffic.

DDoS attacks were attributed to the problems with the PlayStation Network over Christmas.

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Hang on, why can't all the counter terrorist agencies in Europe and America do this?

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Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 7476802)

Hang on, why can't all the counter terrorist agencies in Europe and America do this?

Thats So Easy
they can not work as One.

Lame Duck Fecking President
who refused to go to Paris with all the other leaders
he ain't part of the Future
he is soon Gone - and Fecking Good

Well, so long as they are exposing names and evidence of those who're involved in such activity then I can't complain, otherwise it's basically another online flamewar that has no bearing on the real world.

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[Hit during speech: President Obama
was addressing the FTA in
Washington D.C. while the
cyber attack was occurring,
giving a speech about identity theft and cyber attacks.]

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3Og0Sq8V0

Oh what brave and mighty warriors, what heroes these Islamic Terrorists are to fearlessly target "Wives and Children".

And they deserve to be called 'Human'? Pass me a sick bucket.

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Originally Posted by kirklancaster (Post 7477622)

Oh what brave and mighty warriors, what heroes; to fearlessly target "Wives and Children".

And they deserve to be called 'Human'? Pass me a sick bucket.

Kirk
America is at War with Islamic State
they have bombed some places with them in,
but not enough.

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Originally Posted by arista (Post 7477630)

Kirk
America is at War with Islamic State
they have bombed some places with them in,
but not enough.

Arista mate, I was referring to the terrorist scumbags threatening the American soldiers wives and families. I'd better edit my post to make that clear. I agree with you about the bombing Arista, we aren't doing enough of it.

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Originally Posted by kirklancaster (Post 7477634)

Yes I know you was

I was just saying
its just words
not any action.

It's like a secret war is being fought in cyberspace to control the flow of propaganda.

Good propaganda v Evil Propaganda , its a battle for hearts and minds which is always the first battle of any War.

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Anonymous doing good work.Not like those Lizard Squad ass holes who decided it would be fun to take down XBOX Live over Christmas.

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Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 7476802)

Hang on, why can't all the counter terrorist agencies in Europe and America do this?

Because they need to follow the law. lol

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Originally Posted by EyeballPaul (Post 7477799)

Anonymous doing good work.Not like those Lizard Squad ass holes who decided it would be fun to take down XBOX Live over Christmas.

I applaud what Anonymous are doing. But, if they can do it now, why didn't they do it long ago?

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Originally Posted by lily. (Post 7480074)

Because they need to follow the law. lol

Our counter terrorism laws allow hacking, we could've done it.

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Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 7509857)

Our counter terrorism laws allow hacking, we could've done it.

If it's legal, why do you think they don't?

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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7510486)

If it's legal, why do you think they don't?

I don't know I would've thought that the civil contingencies acts triple lock could be evoked maybe?...

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Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 7510549)

I don't know I would've thought that the civil contingencies acts triple lock could be evoked maybe?...

Hacking websites isn't really what that Act is for.

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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7510679)

Hacking websites isn't really what that Act is for.

Well obviously.. but in the name of counter terrorism they could.

As long as they aren't killing anyone, I guess Anonymous is doing no harm.

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Originally Posted by JoshBB (Post 7511376)

As long as they aren't killing anyone, I guess Anonymous is doing no harm.

We're all okay with it when they're doing something we approve of. The danger of that of course, is that when they're doing something we don't approve of, we can't really complain.

They are an anti establishment group, the establishment might not approve but the public probably would..