War on ISIS: Anonymous Replaces ISIS Page with Viagra Ad
A hacker group associated with Anonymous took down a website sympathizing with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and replaced the page with Viagra and Prozac ads as part of its "War on ISIS" campaign.
The group Ghost Sec, which is associated with the hacktivist group Anonymous, hacked a website believed to be sharing ISIS propaganda and avoiding detection by moving on the dark web. Ghost Sec took the site down and put up a message encouraging readers to click on a link that led to an online advertisement of Viagra, Prozac, and other prescription drugs, according to Times of India (TOI).
The website in question was designed to recruit new jihadists for ISIS. But the terrorist group's supporters may have been surprised to find Viagra ads on the page instead of ISIS propaganda messages, Raw Story reports.
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"Enhance your calm. Too many people are into this ISIS-stuff," TOI quotes the message posted on the ISIS site. "Please gaze upon this lovely ad so we can upgrade our infrastructure to give you ISIS content you all so desperately crave."
The link led to an online pharmacy where people can purchase prescription drugs using bitcoin as payment. The ad seems to be hosted by Ghost Sec, the report details.
Security blogger Scot Terban explained that several unofficial websites on the dark web have been sharing and copying ISIS propaganda. Many of these sites, which were created on the dark web to avoid being shutd own, appear to be disorganized efforts to propagate the jihadist movement, the report relays.
The hacking of the ISIS-affiliated website comes in the wake of Anonymous' declaration of a "War on ISIS," which is the hacktivist group's response to the Paris attacks that left more than 130 people dead earlier this month. As part of the campaign, the hacker group has launched spam attacks and prompted the shutdown of Twitter profiles of suspected ISIS sympathizers.
