Hackers spam ISIS supporters’ Twitter accounts with pornbot followers - TomoNews
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2016-06-11
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WORLD WIDE WEB — The Twitter account of various ISIS supporters has been hacked, er, rather, spammed.
Online hackers have filled ISIS supporting Twitter accounts with thousands of pornographic followers.
The accounts, known as “pornbots,” feature nothing but graphic sexual images and are automatically generated. Most of the accounts have never tweeted and almost never will, so they can’t be flagged as spam and be deleted.
According to the Mirror, hackers targeted accounts that used ISIS-related hashtags.
Some of the accounts started with just 50 followers and, overnight, jumped to thousands. One pornbot followed 41 accounts with several of those accounts now with over 4,000 followers.
The subtle irony of the hack lies in the nature of the pornbot accounts. ISIS projects itself as a slick, brutal and professional organisation. One that has been violently homophobic and puritanical. Jihadists find the explicit images incredibly offensive because of their religion, a twisted interpretation of Islam.
It is still unclear who is responsible for the hacking, but in the wake of the Brussels attack in March, hacking group Anonymous did release a video threatening ISIS supporters.
In the video, a member of the group appeared in Guy Fawkes/V for Vendetta mask saying, “We have silenced thousands of Twitter accounts directly linked to ISIS.”
The group has vowed to continue the online campaign against ISIS.
Online hackers have filled ISIS supporting Twitter accounts with thousands of pornographic followers.
The accounts, known as “pornbots,” feature nothing but graphic sexual images and are automatically generated. Most of the accounts have never tweeted and almost never will, so they can’t be flagged as spam and be deleted.
According to the Mirror, hackers targeted accounts that used ISIS-related hashtags.
Some of the accounts started with just 50 followers and, overnight, jumped to thousands. One pornbot followed 41 accounts with several of those accounts now with over 4,000 followers.
The subtle irony of the hack lies in the nature of the pornbot accounts. ISIS projects itself as a slick, brutal and professional organisation. One that has been violently homophobic and puritanical. Jihadists find the explicit images incredibly offensive because of their religion, a twisted interpretation of Islam.
It is still unclear who is responsible for the hacking, but in the wake of the Brussels attack in March, hacking group Anonymous did release a video threatening ISIS supporters.
In the video, a member of the group appeared in Guy Fawkes/V for Vendetta mask saying, “We have silenced thousands of Twitter accounts directly linked to ISIS.”
The group has vowed to continue the online campaign against ISIS.
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