An Islamic State (Isis) propaganda website on the
dark web has been taken down by hacktivists and
replaced with an advert for a site selling Prozac and
Viagra tablets and a message telling would-be IS
supporters to calm down.
It read:’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.’
Ghost Sec, a faction of the hacktivist collective
Anonymous (unaffiliated with the counter-terrorism
organisation Ghost Security Group), targeted the
Isdarat website after it appeared on the Tor
anonymity network last week.
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The website before it was hacked
The website was only accessible using the Tor
browser, a type of specialist software that uses a
system known as onion routing to disguise a user’s
location. Counter terrorism analysts have speculated
that IS is turning to the dark web to safeguard its
propaganda content from hacktivists.
According to the IBT, the website was taken down by
Ghost Sec and it is believed to be the first time that
a hacking group have taken down a website on the
dark web.
The dark web is used as a way of sharing information
and trading goods, but the anonymous and encrypted
nature of it has attracted large amounts of illegal
activities.
Source: Int’l Business Times

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