On Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, ISIS attacked Paris, France as well as some of the city’s surrounding suburbs.
The attacks killed over 129 people and injured 352. Of the 352 people that were injured, 99 of those are in critical condition. There were three teams of ISIS members shooting and bombing six different locations. The largest target location was the Bataclan Concert Hall, where 89 people, many under the age of 30, were killed. Here, three terrorists opened fire on the crowd with assault rifles.
The eight ISIS rebels that were included in the attacks were all armed, or were armed with the addition of an explosive belt. Of the eight attackers, seven have been identified and found. The eighth terrorist, Salah Abdeslam still remains at large. Abdeslam’s older brother, Ibrahim Abdeslam was killed during the terrorist attacks on Friday after detonating his suicide bomb belt.
Police allege that the mastermind behind the spree of terrorist attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoudlast, was killed along with a cousin during a police raid at a Paris apartment several days after the attack.
After the devastating strike on Paris, many people, nations, and groups have expressed their condolences and sorrows for the hurting people.
One group that cried out against the terror was the group of internet hackers, Anonymous. Anonymous members keep their identities totally secret. Their number is unknown and they are located all over the globe.
Anonymous was formed in 2006 when they performed the Habbo Raids. In this virtual hack, Anonymous flooded a social media site, Habbo, due to its racist tendencies not to allow members due to their skin color.
Some other notable hacks that Anonymous carried out were “Project Chanology” in 2008, which targeted Scientology, “Operation Ferguson” in 2014, which warned Ferguson police to lower their brutality, and “Operation Charlie Hebdo” in 2015.
On the evening of Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, Anonymous declared war against ISIS after word of the attacks. They released a video on their YouTube page that threatened ISIS.
Anonymous has been putting together a list and taking down twitter accounts that show hints of supporting ISIS. The cyber attackers help those who cannot defend themselves or need extra support worldwide. They do what they can do through the internet and computers to help defeat groups or people that have wronged society in some way.
ISIS should beware of Anonymous and their threats due to their cyber-power and their determination to protect the innocent.