Nearly 2,000 ISIS supporters doxed, emails leaked by Muslim hacktivists

Islamic State’s (Isis) official “news agency” website has reportedly been hacked. A Muslim hacktivist collective, going by the name Di5s3nSi0N, has allegedly claimed responsibility for the attack. The hacktivists have also reportedly leaked the email addresses of around 2,000 Amaq subscribers.

Amaq is widely considered to be Isis’ primary communications publication and reportedly features updates from ongoing battles across the globe as well as propaganda. According to the Independent, just three hours before the attack, Amaq reportedly claimed in an email to its supporters that it had ramped up security after having recently become the target of numerous cyberattacks.

“In response to recent events, we have imposed more stringent security measures on our systems,” the Amaq email said in Arabic. “We can now handle email attacks or any type of hack.”

In response to the claim, Di5s3nSi0N posted a tweet with the message “challenge accepted”. The hacktivists reportedly sent out another email to Isis supporters, with a message reading: “We have hacked the full ‘secure’ email list for Amaq. Daesh…shall we call you dogs for your crimes or snakes for your cowardice? We are the bugs in your system.”

The Independent reported that the email also contained a list of 1,784 email addresses of Amaq’s subscribers, which the publication said it had reviewed and verified. IBTimes UK has not independently verified the email or its contents.

Source: IBT