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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/hac...ms-isis-has-plans-for-more-attacks-on-sunday/

Anonymous, the loose collective of online activists, said Saturday it has uncovered information about Islamic State group attacks in Paris as well as on locations in the U.S., Indonesia, Italy and Lebanon, all apparently set for Sunday. OpParisIntel, a group within Anonymous, released a statement saying it had collected information about imminent attacks by the militant group -- aka Daesh, ISIL and ISIS -- on the French capital a little more than a week after a series of coordinated attacks there left 130 dead and hundreds injured.

Anonymous also said the Islamic State group is planning an assault at the WWE Survivor Series event scheduled to take place in the Philips Arena in Atlanta Sunday at 7.30 p.m., as well as attacks at multiple events in Paris.

The collective published the list of potential targets alongside a statement: "The goal is to make sure the whole world, or at least the people going to these events, know that there have been threats and that there is possibility of an attack to happen. Another goal is to make sure Daesh knows that the world knows and cancels the attacks, which will disorientate them for a while."

The targets listed by Anonymous are as follow:

Demonstration by Collectif du droit des femmes (Paris)
Cigales Electroniques with Vocodecks, RE-Play & Rawtor at Le Bizen (Paris)
Concrete Invites Drumcode: Adam Beyer, Alan Fitzpatrick, Joel Mull at Concrete (Paris)
Feast of Christ the King celebrations (Rome/Worldwide)
Al-Jihad, One Day Juz (Indonesia)
Five Finger Death Punch (Milan)
University Pastoral Day (Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon)

Speaking to International Business Times, the group behind the attack said it had passed proof to MI5, CIA, FBI and the Australian government but has no plans to release it publicly. "If we share the proof [publicly] everyone will start calling it fake because screenshots can be edited and accounts can be deleted. We have purposely not shared account links publicly because they would be shutdown immediatly and then no one would believe the proof."

Last week Anonymous declared war on ISIS and vowed to track it down online as part of Operation Paris (or OpParis) and has since released a guide for all those looking to take part in the operation, which already has identified tens of thousands of Twitter accounts it said are associated with ISIS while also taking some websites offline. ISIS has responded to the threat from Anonymous, warning of a reciprocal attack against the activist group.

https://twitter.com/MarkWinneWSB/status/668105264726429696?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

FBI official: taking #Anonymous report about #Isis threat @ #WWE event in #Atlanta seriously @wsbtv #BREAKING

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/fbi-taking-anonymous-isis-threat-seriously-atlanta/npSN9/

ATLANTA — FBI officials have confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that they are taking seriously a report about an ISIS threat at a WWE event in Atlanta on Sunday.

The hacker group Anonymous said Saturday that it had uncovered information about Islamic State group attacks in Paris as well as locations in the U.S. According to an article in the International Business Times:

"Anonymous also said the Islamic State group is planning an assault at the WWE Survivor Series event scheduled to take place in the Philips Arena in Atlanta Sunday at 7.30 p.m. EST, as well as attacks at multiple events in Paris. "

Channel 2's Mark Winne spoke with the director of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Jim Butterworth, who said his agency is working closely with the FBI, the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center and others in evaluating the threat on a Sunday WWE event in Atlanta reported by the group Anonymous.

WWE? I can't think of single place on earth that would have more people hoping for a chance to turn a terrorist into giblets...

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...and profile the hell out of them.

 

[McDougles]

We did it, 4chan!

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Hoping this is legit intel, as opposed to "We did it, Reddit!"

 

[exmachina64]

Terrifying if true; I hope the appropriate authorities investigate and take steps to ensure safety.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

daesh. not isis

 

[Marion Cobretti]

Gonna be pretty nuts if they're right.

If so, keep up the good work guys.

 

[Anth0ny]

if this is true, there's only one person we can turn to

 

[kingslunk]

Gonna be pretty nuts if they're right.

If so, keep up the good work guys.

Is it really good work? You're assuming the Feds don't already know about it. They might have been set up to thwart said attack and arrest the individuals. Now the individuals know we know and might be planning something else more carefully.

People always seem to ignore this fact.

 

[iMax]

Don't you dare be sour, ISIS.

 

[ronito]

The internet has taught me that if Anyonymous claims something, it's always true.

 

[Diablos]

No one is concerned these series of attacks could interrupt undercover intelligence gathering operations?

 

[Calderc]

daesh. not isis

They actually don't give a fuck about that.

 

[sangreal]

"Anonymous" should always be ignored

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

yea... I'm gonna guess that they didn't uncover any legit attack and that even if they did the Feds would have known about it waaaaaaay more ahead of anything anonymous can muster.

and uhh, they said they didn't want to go public... yet this is public?

I'm confused

 

[kingslunk]

No one is concerned these series of attacks could interrupt undercover intelligence gathering operations?

Bingo.

 

[Veritigo_X]

No one is concerned these series of attacks could interrupt undercover intelligence gathering operations?

A lot of people are concerned about this. I've seen a couple news outlets raise this point. Those Twitter accounts they shut down were probably being monitored.

 

[LordDash]

if this is true, there's only one person we can turn to

Lmao

 

[ItIsOkBro]

A Five Finger Death Punch concert?

 

[meltingparappa]

Even if the intentions are pure and there's a hint of referenced intel to speculate on, unintentionally throwing false alarms all over the place seems counterproductive.

 

[Reptars Revenge]

Why publish it. Tell the authorities. They might have already had a man who was undercover for 14 years and then they blew everything.

 

[ElTorro]

daesh. not isis

Daesh is literally just "ISIS" in Arabic.

It's not meant to piss off ISIS, it's meant to hide the "Islamic" from people who do not speak Arabic.

 

[Archer]

Fun fact: Sunday is Independence Day in Lebanon.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Daesh is literally just "ISIS" in Arabic.

It's not meant to piss off ISIS, it's meant to hide the "Islamic" from people who do not speak Arabic.

Well now I know

 

[Marion Cobretti]

Is it really good work? You're assuming the Feds don't already know about it. They might have been set up to thwart said attack and arrest the individuals. Now the individuals know we know and might be planning something else more carefully.

People always seem to ignore this fact.

This is a good point, but if the feds do indeed know about this, wouldn't it be in everyones best interest to know what places to avoid?

If they know something is up, why wait, or give them the opportunity to follow through on their plans just so they can catch them red handed? If they know something, they should do something about it rather than wait and see if it goes down.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

How often have they been right about anything? It's ridiculous.

 

[Diablos]

A lot of people are concerned about this. I've seen a couple news outlets raise this point. Those Twitter accounts they shut down were probably being monitored.

It's an idea that, at first, seems like a good idea especially when you are mad in the aftermath of an attack. Take a step back and think about it, though: you can rest assured if terrorists are on twitter and other forms of social media so are numerous government officials across various countries. They stay silent for a reason. There's no need to scare people down in Georgia if the situation is already being monitored by people with a lot more power than anon.

Their motives are noble, just not well thought out. Anon would be better off DDoSing servers that spread ISIS literature and such.

 

[maquiladora]

daesh. not isis

It doesn't really matter, it's just a translation of the acronym.

D.A.E.SH is a transliteration of the Arabic acronym formed of the same words that make up I.S.I.S in English

 

[DXLelouch153]

if this is true, there's only one person we can turn to

i just fucking knew it was gonna be that damn meme lol

 

[Hip Hop]

This shouldn't be surprising.

Its only a matter of time before they attack again, and again, and again.

 

[akira28]

Daesh is literally just "ISIS" in Arabic.

It's not meant to piss off ISIS, it's meant to hide the "Islamic" from people who do not speak Arabic.

fuck em. they don't deserve to use the name of Isis. and they don't deserve to use the word Islam. They don't deserve to be called anything they recognize, so fuck em and call them what you like.

 

[DXLelouch153]

This shouldn't be surprising.

Its only a matter of time before they attack again, and again, and again.

which is why we need to wipe them out
again,and again, and again
diplomacy wont work this time

 

[Blader]

yea... I'm gonna guess that they didn't uncover any legit attack and that even if they did the Feds would have known about it waaaaaaay more ahead of anything anonymous can muster.

and uhh, they said they didn't want to go public... yet this is public?

I'm confused

They didn't seem to know about Paris way ahead of time.

Why publish it. Tell the authorities. They might have already had a man who was undercover for 14 years and then they blew everything.

Isn't that what they said they did?

 

[Henkka]

...Huh. The targets seem too specific to be just made up.

 

[massivekettle]

fuck em. they don't deserve to use the name of Isis. and they don't deserve to use the word Islam. They don't deserve to be called anything they recognize, so fuck em and call them what you like.

They've partly ruined the fun in Archer (the agency is named ISIS for International Secret Intelligence Service)...

 

[Stinkles]

Another goal is to make sure Daesh knows that the world knows and cancels the attacks, which will disorientate them for a while."

So if it doesn't happen it's because ISIS was defeated by anonymous?


ok


And BTW - the Daesh vs ISIS thing is complicated. Given the reality that Isis needs to be defeated in the long term (including economies and education over decades) by Islamic nations first and foremost, then there's a good argument for continuing the affront they create in the region by using the term "Islamic" - and further - applying a No True Scotsman fallacy to that group is gigantically self defeating, intellectually dishonest and ignores reality.

 

[Oberon]

if this is true, there's only one person we can turn to

I was wrong to think that Gaffer would be better than this.

On Topic, I hope this is some kind of false alarm

 

[kingslunk]

This is a good point, but if the feds do indeed know about this, wouldn't it be in everyones best interest to know what places to avoid?

If they know something is up, why wait, or give them the opportunity to follow through on their plans just so they can catch them red handed? If they know something, they should do something about it rather than wait and see if it goes down.

It's the whole Alan Turing/Enigma machine dilemma. If you're using a certain form of intelligence to bring the entire operation down letting the enemy know you're in the inside and have intelligence might bring the whole thing down even if this means innocent civilians have to die.

However I don't believe this to be the case for Paris. Its just not smart to let the enemy know you know.

 

[triplestation]

if this is true, there's only one person we can turn to

HELL YEAH MOTHERFUCKER

 

[Chariot]

It doesn't really matter, it's just a translation of the acronym.

But they don't like being called daesh, or so I heard. I mean, I don't care either way, but if people want to disrespect the menace, all power to them.

 

[Razmos]

ISIS has responded to the threat from Anonymous, warning of a reciprocal attack against the activist group.

Wait what, how can ISIS fight the internet?

 

[Future PhaZe]

Eh, I think the warnings are a good idea. If intelligence agencies were already aware, then they likely have the means to keep track of these groups despite anons interference.

As well, serving people as bait isn't something that should be an acceptable strategy.

 

[The Silver]

Wait what, how can ISIS fight the internet?

E-bombs

 

[Chariot]

Wait what, how can ISIS fight the internet?

In theory? Hire hackers. If there are hackers that work for the mexican drug cartels, there are surely ones that would do for ISIS as long as the money is right. Let's not forget that ISIS is rich as shit.

 

[ICKE]

Wait what, how can ISIS fight the internet?

Anonymous is not helping via engaging in these pointless twitter battles. All ISIS wants is more name recognition and fame among young people.

If they have really managed to uncover vital information, then hopefully the authorities can use it to track these bastards. But I am skeptical.

 

[Scrooged]

I'm sure they have plans all the time. And their plans are thwarted all the time by various anti-terror organizations. We just don't hear about it because of the sensitive nature of the information. In fact, making this info public is probably not a good idea because now the terrorist know that everyone else knows, so they'll change the plan. The proper authorities should handle this stuff, not internet crusaders.

 

[Stinkles]

Wait what, how can ISIS fight the internet?

Ban anime, cancel Sonic projects, burn Fedoras. Nothing can stop them.

 

[triplestation]

Wait what, how can ISIS fight the internet?

spamming bane posts

 

[zeemumu]

Wait what, how can ISIS fight the internet?

The irony of them having to fight a collective of individuals operating all over the world that is sending them threats regularly.

 

[Hip Hop]

But they don't like being called daesh, or so I heard. I mean, I don't care either way, but if people want to disrespect the menace, all power to them.

It doesn't matter what they don't like being called, using this on the internet means nothing.

Not going against you or anything, it's just funny seeing people trying force "daesh" when talking about them online.

 

[Mathunilx]

which is why we need to wipe them out
again,and again, and again
diplomacy wont work this time

You can't wipe them out.

 

[Proc]

John Cena won't let this happen.