GhostSec

I recently came across some articles on the so-called “digilantes” and, in particular, one of their declination named GhostSec, a sort of hacktivist group dedicated to eliminate the online islamic extremist contents. Following information available on their activities, 59,000 Twitter accounts, 1,300 YouTube propaganda videos and 130 standalone sites would have been disabled as a result of GhostSec’s tip-offs. According to Michael S. Smith, the principal of national security company Kronos Advisory, the information GhostSec…