Following the recent attacks on Paris this past week, Anonymous which is obviously an anonymous (hence the name) entity, is a group of cyber activists, who have no clear objective, rather then to serve their personal best interest. In this case, Anonymous plans to carry out cyber attacks on ISIS, in order to lessen their influence through propaganda, and as well as stall their recruitment efforts. Anonymous have already taken action very quickly indeed. They have currently been able to disable over 5,000 twitter accounts which belong to members of ISIS, and people with connections to ISIS. Without being able to market themselves over the internet through twitter accounts and propaganda websites, recruitment will surely function less efficiently. they will also make it very difficult for ISIS members to communicate with one another, which will also likely prove a problem fro their “oil industry” of which is their main source of revenue currently. Without proper communication, efficiency will likely decrease. According to their claims, this is just the start of the Anonymous campaign against ISIS, which they like to call “OpISIS”, making it an objective to take down ISIS propaganda websites among other objectives. Although in the past Anonymous has not always made their priorities in terms of what’s best for the general population, and rather to be made in their best interest, they have currently been gaining much public support given their stance on this war against ISIS. Given the fact that much of their activity is illegal, the boundaries in which they are able to function are set with much less limits then that of governments. For that reason, some argue that Anonymous could have a greater deal of impact on the cyber side of things then government entities might.

Leung, Marlene. “Anonymous Declares War on ISIS in Online Video.” CTVNews. N.p., 17 Nov. 2015. Web. 19 Nov. 2015. <http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/anonymous-declares-war-on-isis-in-online-video-1.2660374>.

Anonymous face. Digital image. News Watch 33. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2015. <https://newswatch33.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/anonymous.jpg>.