Neowin News Feed for: Isil

Pro-ISIL group hack and deface Ohio government websites

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:54:01 +0000

ISIL supporters made several Ohio government websites the target of its latest hack. One of the sites to be defaced by Team System Dz was the of office of Ohio Governor and republican, John Kasich. Read more...

Hacker sentenced to 20 years in prison for assisting terror group ISIL

Paul Hill — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:06:01 +0000

The United States has, for the first time, sentenced a terrorist-related hacker for stealing information about 1,300 US military personnel. Ardit Ferizi, has been handed a 20-year sentence. Read more...

Twitter not liable for the rise of ISIS on its service, court rules

Justin Luna — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 10:36:01 +0000

A U.S. court judge has decided that Twitter is not responsible for terrorist content on its service, after a widow sued it for allegedly giving ISIS a voice to spread their propaganda. Read more...

ISIS supporters threaten Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey

Justin Luna — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 09:58:01 +0000

Terrorist group ISIS has threatened Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey after suspending their accounts, promising to fight back and counter their attacks against them. Read more...

Google wants to restrict ISIS to the dark web and away from the general public

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:02:01 +0000

Google's head of ideas explains how the online fight against ISIS and other terror groups may yield easy short-term wins, as ISIS users are neither technologically savvy nor as numerous as claimed. Read more...

"Anti-ISIS" group allegedly took down BBC website via DDoS

Justin Luna — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 14:42:01 +0000

On New Year's Eve, the website of the BBC was taken down via a DDoS attack. And recently, a group called 'New World Hacking' has claimed responsibility over the infiltration. Read more...

Anonymous wants December 11th to be 'Isis trolling day'

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:12:01 +0000

The online hacktivist group wants to start a campaign to ridicule and discredit the terrorist's organization social media messages. As such, December 11th will now be Isis trolling day. Read more...

Anonymous takes down ISIS website, replaces it with Viagra ad

Justin Luna — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:32:01 +0000

As part of Anonymous' promise of war against terrorist group ISIS, the hacktivist group defaced a website promoting jihadist propaganda, replacing it instead with an ad for Viagra. Read more...

Anonymous takes down the main messaging forum used by ISIS

Justin Luna — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:28:01 +0000

As part of hacktivist group Anonymous' promise towards ISIS who claimed responsibility over the Paris attacks, the iconic organization has taken down the terrorists' main communication forums. Read more...

Anonymous renews offensive against ISIS

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 03:42:01 +0000

In a recent video, Anonymous have declared their intent to renew their campaign against websites and Twitter users who support ISIS, the terror group operating in Iraq and Syria. Read more...