‘5,500 Twitter accounts down’: Hackers take on IS in cyber battle

The hacker group Anonymous claimed on Tuesday to have taken out 5,500 Twitter accounts linked to the Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks.

The loosely organised hacking collective made the claim in a tweet one day afterlaunching #OpParis campaign , which stepped up an earlier effort to shut down social media accounts of the organization.

“We report that more than 5500 Twitter account of #ISIS are now #down! #OpParis #Anonymous #ExpectUs,” said a tweet posted on Tuesday which followed a video message posted Monday.