Hackers Anonymous Declared War On ISIS; Latter Responded, Calls Former 'Idiots'
The hacker group called "Anonymous" has posted a video on YouTube declaring war on ISIS in response to Paris' deadly attacks, according to Yahoo Tech.
The collective said they would like to launch the biggest operation ever. An announcer in a Guy Fawkes mask spoke in French.
"Anonymous from all over the world will hunt you down. We will launch the biggest operation ever against you," a masked person said in the hackers' video. "Expect massive cyber attacks. War is declared. Get prepared."
In response to Anonymous' declaration of total war, the militant group released a statement calling the hacker group "idiots," revealed Newsweek.
ISIS also offered five points of guidance to supporters as protection from being hacked.
The Islamic Cyber Army posted it on their alleged official channel, Telegram, a privacy application, according to The Telegraph.
The post was discovered at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation by researchers.
"The Anonymous hackers threatened in a new video release that they will carry out a major hack operation on the Islamic State (idiots)," read the post made by ISIS.
The Cyber Army reminded its supporters not to open suspicious links, contact with unknown people, to not change locations using their mobile phones and computers and renaming email addresses.
Since its launch, Anonymous' two-minute video has garnered more than five million views.
"The French people are stronger than you and will come out of this atrocity even stronger," the figure in Anonymous' video added. "Anonymous from all over the world will hunt you down. You should know that we will find you and we will not let you go."
The hacker continued that the infamous group will use its cyber skills to unite humanity and the terrorists should expect massive cyber attacks.
Anonymous has been targeting ISIS for months following the attacks on the office of satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo," and the hack of U.S. CENTCOM's Twitter account.