The ISIS website before it was hacked

Anonymous are well and truly in the thick of a ‘cyber war’ with Isis and it seems other hacking groups are following suit.

Last week, an Isis propaganda group appeared on the Tor browser of the dark web in an attempt to encourage extremists to join them.

Yet within only a few days, the site was hacked and visitors to the page were faced with an advert promoting Viagra and a ‘calm down’ message aimed at the extremists.

The counter-terrorism network, Ghost Security Group, which is affiliated with Anonymous, reportedly posted the message: ‘Too much Isis. Enhance your calm. Too many people are into this ISIS-stuff.




‘Please gaze upon this lovely ad so we can upgrade our infrastructure to give you Isis content you all so desperately crave.’

It appears to be the first time a hacking group has taken down a site on the dark web, particularly because that part of the internet can not be searched using normal search engines.

The Ghost Security Group admitted this week that they had members posing as would-be jihadists in order to bring down sites on the dark web.

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Anonymous take down ISIS page on dark web and replace it with advert for viagra

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The group’s executive director, who did not wish to give his name, told MailOnline: ‘We’re playing more of an intelligence role.

‘The group is a volunteer organization that has been sending data to the FBI and other agencies via a Congressional terrorism adviser, Michael S Smith II.’

This take down comes after hacktivist group Anonymous claimed to have taken down more than 20,000 ISIS-related Twitter accounts.

Anonymous has vowed to hunt down jihadists online following the tragic Paris attacks in Paris which killed 130 people.

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