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Originally Posted by quaker oats
I know some of you guys actually know a thing or two about hacking etc, so riddle me this. Hypothetically, what can hackers do to ISIS?
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Haven't read shit in this thread so I apologize in advance for my lazy boarding and probably saying what someone has already said, but:
* Identifying people/leaders and their whereabouts.
* Taking down propoganda sites and live beheadings.
* Generally just toying with them if they can because lulz.
* Doing this ^ will also destroy their reputation a bit and hopefully slow them down. (Imo this is naive and often adds fuel to the fire, whether that's good or not... I don't know, but it might have ugly consequences for those trapped down there but also show that these big ugly muhfuckers is not invincible to straight forward protesting either.)
* Stopping donations and/or releasing anti-terrorist messages on ISIS's own websites/social media.
* Anonymous also sent a lot of care packages to Egypt when the sick shit went down a few years ago as well, and helped leak videos and giving the citizens alternative ways of going online when the gov shut down the internet etc. If they're capable of that, who knows what they'll figure out to help others get videos/information out from the inside as well through their own channels.
* DDoS attacks, spamming mails and generally just making communication a hassle and confuse them a shit ton with mis information trolling their way in any way possible to get under their skin to show the world how little power they have when confronted by people with a cause and a goal, and show support in a rather passive-aggressive way.
A bit mis-info here and there but this is a great read and should make you understand what they're capable of and what drives a lot of them:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...asked-avengers