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Anonymous is getting Twitter to join in trolling ISIS with Rick Astley

Published 09:57 25 Nov 2015 GMT

Ben Kenyon
Anonymous is getting Twitter to join in trolling ISIS with Rick Astley

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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 20,000 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...

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