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'Operation Isis': Anonymous call for more help from security services to take down extremist group

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The vigilante group declared "cyber war" on the jihadist group following the Paris attacks - vowing to "bring down" the group online. Anonymous needs more help from security services, who are either ignoring Isis websites or do not have the skills to shut them down, supporters of the group told Sky News in their first TV interview since their declaration. A small specialist group within Anonymous, dubbed Ghost Sec, claimed to have taken down more than 100 propaganda websites and 25,000 social media accounts. It comes as the group announced 11 December would be a "trolling day" against Isis - also known as Daesh - who they have dubbed "Daeshbags".

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