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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: ISIS Calls Anonymous 'Idiots' After Cyber Threat [Watch (HLS stream): ISIS Calls Anonymous 'Idiots' After Cyber Threat](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/iRM7CNiU.m3u8) (1:11)  _Published 2015-11-18. ISIS has responded to threats from the hacking collective Anonymous by calling the group_ --- Jul 27, 2023 7:10 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Somali-American Lawmaker Says She Was Called "ISIS"](/video/O0BlsqvL/) ### Somali-American Lawmaker Says She Was Called "ISIS" [Anonymous Wants You To 'Troll' ISIS](/video/ldsmluLZ/) ### Anonymous Wants You To 'Troll' ISIS [There Is a Real Threat to the Pope From ISIS, Says Vatican Security Chief](/video/fSN038pg/) ### There Is a Real Threat to the Pope From ISIS, Says Vatican Security Chief --- ## Transcript Isis has responded to threats from the hacking collective Anonymous by calling the group idiots. A channel on the messaging app Telegram believed to belong to Isis warned its members about Anonymous but also asked, what they gonna hack? So far Anonymous Anonymous claims to have taken down thousands of twitter accounts linked to ISIS members. It also said it plans on going after Syrian Internet service providers, in the group's email and web servers. Foreign policy reports, hacktivists claim to take down 149 Islamic State State- linked websites and flagged roughly 101, 000 Twitter accounts and 5, 900 propaganda videos just this year. But how effective is that? ISIS has spread its propaganda through the Internet and social media account Charlie Winter, a researcher at Counter Extremism Organization Quilliam Foundation told the independent in February taking those accounts down helps in stopping the spread of propaganda. But new accounts can pop up in the place of old ones. And a cyber security expert told the Christian Science Monitor, " Hacktivism efforts work best when coupled with governed officials or law enforcement who can go out and make arrests ." No government officials have said publicly they're working with hacktivists to fight ISIS after the most recent attacks in Paris. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"ISIS Calls Anonymous 'Idiots' After Cyber Threat","description":"ISIS has responded to threats from the hacking collective Anonymous by calling the group ","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/iRM7CNiU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-18T16:10:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/iRM7CNiU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/iRM7CNiU/","duration":"PT1M11S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/iRM7CNiU/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```