IS hackers attack Vizag Institute

The techie groups of the Islamic State, the jihadi bandwagon of the 21st century have launched systematic hacking of off shore companies in India and now targeted Visakhapatnam based Institutes for moral and financial defacement.

The Vizag cyber cell of Andhra Pradesh police did not have a clue about the hacking. Asked about the cyber attack, Vizag chapter secretary G. Ramesh Chander refused to comment and divulge any details or information or even confirm the happening. In the last 72 hours, many government websites in Europe and US were allegedly hacked by anonymous hackers claiming to be from the cyber wing of the IS. FBI is currently investigating and its experts claimed it to be hoax, say US govt sources.

Curiously, no complaint was registered and the hacker - a Moroccan hacking group,allegedly the supporter of Islamic State, hacked the website of the Visakhapatnam chapter of the Indian Institute on Tuesday and posted comments and a picture supporting extremist organisation. The so-called ‘Rebel.-Team.Hackers’ posted an abusive message and ended with the line, “We are Muslims and you must respect us,” the hackers, identifying themselves as ‘Ombre’ and ‘shni3er’, wrote on the hacked website.

The group also posted a picture of an Islamic State fighter holding the group’s flag which has an active page in Facebook and Twitter. The same group has also hacked the website of an organisation called the Darul Quran Foundation. Notably, Hackers say this is a revenge and response to the antics of the western society. Recently the notorious US-based hacking group Anonymous had launched an online war on IS.