Online Hacktivist group, Anonymous, accused a Silicon Valley firm of speeding up and protecting ISIS-affiliated websites.
Daily Mail reported that Anonymous announced through its Twitter post that CloudFlare, a start-up firm, has been protecting ISIS-affiliated websites from being hacked. The group of hackers even threatened the company that if they don't remove their protection from the pro-ISIS websites, they will do it for them.
The new report accused CloudFlare of protecting 40 terrorist-linked websites, which includes 37 websites that are intended to push the propaganda movement.
According to the report of the New York Post, CloudFlare is a service provider that improves website performance by speeding up the loading time of web pages, as well as helps defend against cyber attacks and hacking.
CloudFlare denied the said allegations and called it 'armchair analysis.'
"I'd suggest this was armchair analysis by kids - it's hard to take seriously. Anonymous uses us for some of its sites, despite pressure from some quarters for us to take Anonymous sites offline," said CloudFlare's cofounder and CEO, Matthew Prince.
Prince also said that he would welcome cops and federal authorities in their San Francisco office if they decided to pay them a visit. He also added that he would rather take advice from the State Department or the U.S. Government over a faceless Twitter user.
"Even if we were hosting sites for ISIS, it wouldn't be of any use to us, I should imagine those kinds of people pay with stolen credit cards and so that's a negative for us," Prince added. "A website is speech. It is not a bomb. There is no imminent danger it creates and no provider has an affirmative obligation to monitor and make determinations about the theoretically harmful nature of speech a site may contain."
Prince also stated that their company would gladly comply if there is a court order that prohibits them from providing any service to a certain website.
"If we were to receive a valid court order that compelled us to not provide service to a customer then we would comply with that court order," said Prince. "We have never received a request to terminate the site in question from any law enforcement authority, let alone a valid order from a court."
