ISIS Wants to Enable Serial Killers by Hacking Surveillance Cameras

Terrorist group breaching security cameras to prepare for attacks

A screenshot from a live camera feed shows a street corner in Chardon, Ohio, which ISIS was passing around to discuss a possible attack. BLACKOPS Cyber

The ISIS terrorist group is trying to convince its followers abroad to become serial killers carrying out multiple attacks, instead of a one-off attack, in an attempt to create maximum psychological terror.

Its cyber branch is currently hacking security cameras around the world in an attempt to prevent its attackers to go without being caught while instilling the maximum amount of fear.

ISIS members were sending links to security camera feeds in locations that include Chardon, Ohio; Taipei, Taiwan; Moscow, Russia; Javorovy Vrch, Czech Republic; Switzerland; Finland; Poland; Oldenburg, Germany; and Mexico.

Alongside the camera feeds, they were also sending a link to a YouTube video on how to hack the security cameras from Axis Communications, which broadcasts camera feeds over the internet. The service allows people to view camera feeds and control the cameras from any computer with an internet connection.

The ISIS communications were captured in mid-October by BLACKOPS Cyber, a private intelligence company. The information originated with the United Cyber Caliphate, which recently merged with another terrorist hacker group, the Caliphate Cyber Army. These ISIS hacker organizations typically focus only on spreading pro-ISIS propaganda.

A cybercafe in Russia is shown in a screenshot from a live camera feed, which ISIS was discussing for a possible attack. BLACKOPS Cyber