Anonymous calls on US-based Web firm, CloudFlare, to stop protecting pro-ISIS sites

[99th_Monkey]

Anonymous calls on Web firm to stop protecting pro-ISIS sites
Nov. 19, 2015 * The Hill * By Cory Bennett

The hacking group Anonymous is going after Internet services firm CloudFlare for letting pro-Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) sites use its tools to help them thwart cyberattacks.

The loosely affiliated collective recently renewed its declaration of cyber war on ISIS in the wake of the group’s terrorist attacks in Paris last week. Anonymous hackers have since taken credit for removing thousands of ISIS-linked Twitter accounts, Facebook pages and websites.

But Anonymous says CloudFlare is standing in the way of greater action. The group claims ISIS-affiliated sites are using the company’s services to help them thwart cyberattacks, such as distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that shut down a Web page by flooding it with traffic. “Anonymous demands @CloudFlare to remove their protection for pro #ISIS websites,” one of the major Anonymous Twitter accounts tweeted late Wednesday. “If you do not, we will do it for you.”

CloudFlare hasn’t denied the allegations, instead pointing out that it doesn’t police the content its tools are protecting. In addition to its paid services, CloudFlare also offers free tools that anyone can download.
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/260739-anonymous-calls-on-web-firm-to-stop-protecting-pro-isis-sites

[LiberalArkie]

1. Oh such a great company.

CloudFlare has long stood firm that the company does not judge content, and merely works to make the Internet run more effectively. The Ferguson, Mo., government used CloudFlare tools to defend itself from hackers in the wake of Michael Brown’s shooting death, and the Ku Klux Klan has also employed the tools to thwart off Anonymous.

The State Department and FBI are also both CloudFlare customers, Prince added.

[Oneironaut]

2. Depends, imo, if ISIS is using the paid services or not.

If they are - we need to throw these people in jail if they don't stop giving ISIS support. If not, there's really not much they can do. Freeware can be downloaded by anyone.