Daesh is the worst. They have been wreaking havoc, chaos, destruction, and everything that is wrong with the world and more for far, far too long.

Obviously we want to be rid of them. Khalas ba’a go away already. But it doesn’t seem like the powers-that-be can do much against the crazy people who fill up this extremist group. They’re still here and getting worse. Traditional fighting methods are super difficult to make effective without creating more chaos and the fight just keeps dragging on and on while more innocents are killed.

After the tragic Paris Attacks, politicians around the globe spoke up condemning the tragedy, and some began to take action, resulting in more bombing in Syria.

Okaaaaaaaaaaay… Action is good, we guess. But shouldn’t we try something else, like, effective?

Then came around Anonymous, the mysterious hacktivist group with an agenda to screw over people they don’t like. And they do it pretty well (remember the KKK earlier this month?). Fortunately for us, the current target is Daesh (we made a mental note to never get on Anonymous’ bad side).

After the attacks on Paris, Anonymous released a video declaring cyber warfare on Daesh, saying that the terrorists should be prepared, because they “will launch the biggest operation ever against you.” Their message includes: “You should know that we will find you and we will not let you go.”

One day later, they announced that almost 4,000 accounts were taken down. By the second day, this was updated to five and a half thousand. Oh wait, this just in. 6,000! Way to go, Anonymous!  

 

Naturally, there is a lot of doubt that a hacking group can do any good against the forces of Daesh, and we have to admit that they are not just going to fix the problem from their computers. If they do, we will be pretty mad they didn’t do it forever ago.

But, Daesh relies on social media and internet activity to recruit and coordinate its activities. So attacking them on this front is a critical part of this war that can’t be ignored. Anything that makes Daesh’ life harder is a step in the right direction. Anonymous can attack them in key ways, mainly shutting down propaganda sites, recruiting sites, and exposing those who support them.

As usual, Daesh is fighting back, sending a message to their followers how to not be hacked.

 

But in addition to needing some serious proof reading other than Google translate, Anonymous says Daesh needs to watch out because those are the lamest instructions ever. Anonymous even did some recruiting of their own, publishing a guide for newbies who want to help the cause.

Let the skeptics be skeptical, we say “Go get ‘em, Anonymous! We’re glad you’re on our side!”

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