OPERATIONS
The world's biggest banks and stock markets are being targeted by hacktivist group Anonymous in a campaign called #OpIcarus to bring financial institutions to a grinding halt. But why are hackers attacking banks, who's behind it and what do they hope to achieve? In an interview, a member of the Ghost Squad Hackers who claims to be helping spearhead the attack reveals all.
The goal of the #OpSilence is to attack all the corrupt major news networks that mislead and censor information from the general public. More specifically, the news agencies who conceal the crimes of Israel, while misleading the population about the mistreatment of the Palestinian people. The operation is off to a quick start, Ghost Squad has successfully”carried out DDoS attacks on CNN and FOX News” already just this month. More attacks are promised, NBC and MSM appears to be their next target.
Self-styled hacker group Ghost Squad Hackers (GSH) has launched a new campaign called #OpKillary, targeting the US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The group, which is an offshoot of the hacktivist collective Anonymous, recently began distancing itself from the broader organisation and now appears to be launching new campaigns in efforts to carve out a niche for itself.
GSH members going by the pseudonyms S1ege and Gh0s7, both of whom claim to have founded the group, reached out to IBTimes UK, announcing the launch of the op, highlighting that the campaign was initiated in retaliation to the imprisonment of their "brother and friend" – fellow hacker Guccifer – who previously claimed responsibility for hacking into Clinton's personal servers. Gh0s7 is yet to respond to our questions about the campaign.
Ghost Squad Hacker group, in conjunction with #OpReverseCaliphate, have released the identities of several members affiliated with the United Cyber Caliphate, the primary hacking branch of the Islamic State. Their names, numbers, Facebook and Twitters have now been made public and the AnonymousIntelligence Agency has delivered the information to the CIA. In statement to AnonHQ News, S1ege claims the group currently has tabs on over 10,000 active ISIS members online.