Article 1HFZ7 Islamic State Twitter accounts get a rainbow makeover from Anonymous hackers

Islamic State Twitter accounts get a rainbow makeover from Anonymous hackers

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Alex Hern
from Technology | The Guardian on (#1HFZ7)

Social media accounts associated with the group got an LGBT-friendly makeover courtesy of WachulaGhost

Anonymous has launched another wave of hacking attacks against Islamic State (Isis), taking over social media accounts associated with the group and giving them an LGBT-flavoured makeover.

The loose hacking collective, which grew out of the infamous 4Chan forum in the late 2000s, announced its war on Isis in 2015, taking control of almost 100 twitter accounts following the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris that year.

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