Anonymous targets ISIS: 'You will be treated like a virus, and we are the cure'

The Anonymous hackers released an extensive list of Twitter and Facebook accounts, email and IP addresses, and websites on Pastebin on Sunday in their campaign against the Islamic State (IS).

Using the hashtag #OpISIS  and the team name "Red Cult," the group pledged to eliminate the militants from the online sphere. 

"Greetings citizens of the world, we are Anonymous," their manifesto began. "Operation ISIS Continues: First we need to clarify few a things.

"We Are: Muslims, Christians, Jews... We Are hackers, crackers, Hacktivist, phishers, agents, spies, or just the guy  from next door.

"We Are students, administrators, workers, clerks, unemployed, rich, poor, We are young, or old, gay or straight.

"We wear smart clothes or rugs, we are hedonists,  ascetics, joy riders or  activists. We come from all races, countries, religions, and ethnicity. UNITED AS ONE, DIVIDED BY ZERO... We Are Anonymous."

Anonymous Red Cult asserted that the members of IS are not Muslims, and delivered a message directly to the terrorists. 

"We will hunt you, Take down your sites, Accounts, Emails, and expose you," the hackers wrote. "From now on, no safe place for you online... You will be treated like a virus, And we are the cure...

"We Own The Internet... We are Anonymous, We are Legion, We do not forgive, We do not forget, Expect us."

Hundreds of targets were listed on the web app, as well as a link to a Middle Eastern file sharing site, a link to radio frequencies that transmit messages from anti-IS forces, and an Islamic intelligence archive. 

Anonymous first revealed that they were targeting IS a month ago and claims that hundreds of the extremist organisation's Twitter amounts have been taken down since then. 

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