The anti-Anonymous: Hacking group finds a smarter way to fight ISIS

It’s good that Anonymous has decided to declare war on Islamic State but there are questions about whether their actions are actually effective. In particular,Anonymous has drawn criticism for getting several Twitter accounts banned that had nothing to do with supporting or aiding ISIS. The group has also come under fire for hyping up terror threats that authorities have said were never credible. That said, there is a hacking group out there that is trying to be the anti-Anonymous by taking the fight to ISIS in a smarter, subtler fashion.As BBC News reports, an organization called the Ghost Security Group got its start after the ISIS attacks on French magazine Charlie Hebdo earlier this year. The groups anonymous executive director tells the BBC that he and his fellow hackers were frustrated by what they saw as Anonymous’s incompetence and self-publicizing in its fights against violent Islamic fundamentalists. For the full article click here 

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