Anonymous targets Trump, Turkey and others

Published January 4, 2016 5:05pm ET



A hacking group affiliated with Anonymous took credit for cyberattacks against Turkey, Donald Trump, the BBC, the Ku Klux Klan and Black Lives Matter over the weekend. In spite of the haphazard nature of the attacks, the group emphasized targeting the Islamic State.

“We are based in the U.S., but we strive to take down ISIS-affiliated websites, also ISIS members,” a member of New World Hacking said on Twitter. “We realize sometimes what we do is not always the right choice, but without cyberhackers … who is there to fight off online terrorists? The reason we really targeted the BBC is because we wanted to see our actual server power.”

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