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Read our Privacy and Cookies policies to find out more. 1. Lifestyle 2. Tech 3. News Anonymous 'declares war' on Turkey, claims responsibility for recent massive cyberattacks Anonymous threatened to attack the digital infrastructure of Turkey's banks, airports and government * Doug Bolton * @DougieBolton * Wednesday 23 December 2015 10:16 BST * A man wearing an Anonymous-style Guy Fawkes mask sites in Taksim Square in Istanbul during 2013's anti-government protests A man wearing an Anonymous-style Guy Fawkes mask sites in Taksim Square in Istanbul during 2013's anti-government protests MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images Leaderless 'hacktivist' group Anonymous has taken responsibility for a recent major cyberattack on Turkey, and have claimed they will continue waging war on the country's internet services due to their belief that the Turkish government is helping Isis. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Turkey's internet between 14 and 21 December took around 400,000 websites offline, according to Turkish media, after they were overloaded with huge amounts of traffic. The attack, which was reportedly the biggest in Turkey's history, was only stopped when the Turkish cybersecurity agency stopped all foreign internet traffic from accessing Turkish websites, essentially closing the country's digital borders to the outside world. [Anonymous.jpg] Read more Anonymous declares war on Donald Trump over Muslim comments In a video apparently produced by Anonymous-linked hackers, a computer-generated voice said: "As many of you have heard, Turkey is supporting Daesh [Isis] by buying oil from them and hospitalising their fighters." "We won't accept that [President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan, the leader of Turkey, will help Isis any longer. The news media has already stated that Turkey's internet has been the victim of massive DDoS attacks." "Dear Government of Turkey, if you don't stop supporting Isis, we will continue attacking your internet, your root DNS [the foundation of Turkey's internet], your banks and take your government sites down." Russian plane shot down by Turkish jets * * * * * 5 show all Russian plane shot down by Turkish jets * * * * * * 1/5 Russian aircraft goes down in Kizildag region of Turkey's Hatay province, close to the Syrian border * 2/5 Russian aircraft goes down in Kizildag region of Turkey's Hatay province, close to the Syrian border * 3/5 Russian aircraft goes down in Kizildag region of Turkey's Hatay province, close to the Syrian border * 4/5 Russian aircraft goes down in Kizildag region of Turkey's Hatay province, close to the Syrian border * 5/5 Russian aircraft goes down in Kizildag region of Turkey's Hatay province, close to the Syrian border "After the root DNS we will start to hit your airports, military assets and private state connections. We will destroy your critical banking infrastructure." "Stop this insanity now, Turkey. Your fate is in your hands." Read more * Anonymous declares war on Donald Trump over Muslim comments * Anonymous activists take down website of Japanese PM * Anonymous asks public for help in mocking Isis on 'trolling day' Anonymous is completely leaderless and has no real 'official' web presence - anyone with a computer can make a video or start a Twitter account and begin declaring attacks in Anonymous's name, making it hard to tell how real this threat is and how genuine their claims to the Turkish cyberattacks really are. At the time of the attacks, there was speculation that the hackers responsible could have been acting on behalf of the Russian government, after Turkish missiles downed a Russian fighter jet over the Syrian border in November. However, Anonymous has performed a number of high-profile operations in recent months, taking down Isis-linked websites and Twitter accounts and releasing the names and personal information of around 1,000 alleged Ku Klux Klan members. Past Anonymous DDoS attacks have also disabled websites belonging to a number of governments and major companies around the world. The latest declaration of war from Anonymous appears to be part of the ongoing #OpIsis, an operation which has been attacking the terrorist group's presence on the internet since the start of the year. Turkey has long been accused of supporting Isis, with Russian President Vladimir Putin labelling the government "accomplices of terrorists" after the jet was shot down. * More about: * Islamic State * Russia * Anonymous * Hacking * cyberattack * Turkey * President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Comments [i100.png] Most Popular Video Sponsored Features * Follow us: * * * User Policies * Privacy Policy * Cookie Policy * Code of Conduct * Complaint Form * Contact Us * Contributors * All Topics * Archive * Newsletters * iJobs * Subscriptions * Advertising Guide * Syndication * Evening Standard * Novaya Gazeta * Install our Apps [p?c1=2&c2=10476312&cv=2.0&cj=1]