A group of Muslim hackers standing in opposition to the Islamic State have claimed responsibility Friday for taking websites run by the militant group offline, after launching a coordinated hacking campaign against the group.
Groups of hackers taking part in the organized effort, dubbed the #SilenceTheSwords campaign, are believed to have knocked the primary news organization for ISIS offline. Other hackers are claiming to have infiltrated the terrorist organization’s lines of communication and other websites.
The primary achievement of the hacking campaign was the take down of the Amaq news agency, an online outlet that is linked to the Islamic State. The publication regularly publishes claims of responsibility for terrorist acts and is used as a recruiting tool to attract people to the Islamic State through the internet.
The site was confirmed offline following the hacking effort, organized under the hashtag #paralyzingAmaq on Twitter. Visitors to the Amaq website are presented with a 404 error and the website is generally unresponsive.
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