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Anonymous recruits help to battle ISIS, posts 'how-to' guides online

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Nov 20, 2015

Anonymous' cyberwar with ISIS continues.

In the latest development, Anonymous has posted a "how-to" guides for identifying and taking down the extremist group's social media sites.

The IB Times reports three guides as part of the OpParis campaign were posted on Anonymous' channels. They are a "NoobGuide" for people learning to hack, a "Reporter" guide for setting up a a Twitter bot to search Islamic State accounts and a "Searcher" guide for finding the extremist grkoup's wesbites.

Regarding its recruitment, Anonymous says people can help out at their leisure and invites everyone to get involved. "The more the merrier," a member of the group posted online, according to IB Times.

Anonymous has taken down 5,000 Islamic State accounts so far, according to the report, even though the extremist group has brushed off the hackers as "idiots."

For instructions on finding ISIS websites, click here.

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