Anonymous is really stepping up its cyberwar campaign against ISIS.
First they were releasing names of suspecting Islamic State supporters, then they helped shut down over 20,000Â pro-ISIS Twitter accounts and then they published a documents showing how anyone could do some DIY hacking on the terror group.
Then things really jumped up a notch when the hacktivist group said it was planning to use one of the internet’s oldest gags in the fight against ISIS propaganda online – spamming terror supporters with some good old fashioned Rickrolling.
For the uninitiated, it’s basically where you trick someone into clicking on a video of Rick Astley’s 1987 hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’.
This is what the official @OpParisOfficial tweeted last week signalling their devious plans…
https://twitter.com/OpParisOfficial/status/666890967086055425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Well now it looks like the fun and games has begun with Anonymous members releasing the first verified ISIS-linked hashtag to spam.
https://twitter.com/OpParisOfficial/status/669064460955353088
And they want people to join in…
https://twitter.com/OpParisOfficial/status/669065708119048192
https://twitter.com/OpParisOfficial/status/669068187644747776
The internet obviously loved that the oldest joke on the net was being weaponized…
@OpParisOfficial psst let me know, been a while crashing their tags 🙂 Le bots are ready
— Anonymous Norway (@AnonFjeldabe) November 23, 2015
@OpParisOfficial this is fucking perfection. History will write that the downfall of ISIS was Rick Astley. #rickrollforpeace
— Dave Llewellyn (@DeevUK) November 22, 2015
@opparisofficial @AnonyOpNews Please do John Cena next. ISIS must suffer worse than Rickrolling them #OpParis #OpISIS #JohnCenaMeme
— Kyle Moore (@Kyle_Freaking_M) November 18, 2015
@OpParisOfficial lol..I love you guys!!! #Anonymous
— PhrygianTheory (@AeolianTheory) November 22, 2015
@OpParisOfficial in tears laugh oh god I love this
— jj barry (@jj5barry) November 22, 2015