Ep 50: Operation Glowing Symphony

Darknet Diaries

Jack Rhysider

True Crime, Technology

4.9 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Operation Inherent Resolve was started in 2016 which aimed to combat ISIS. It was a combined joint task force lead by the US military. Operation Inherent Resolve sent troops, ships, and air strikes to Iraq and Syria to fire weapons upon ISIS military. It’s widely known that US military engaged with ISIS in this way. But what you may not have heard, is the story of how the US military also combated ISIS over the Internet. This is the story of how the US hacked ISIS. Sponsors This episode was sponsored by Linode. Linode supplies you with virtual servers. Visit linode.com/darknet and when signing up with a new account use code darknet2019 to get a $20 credit on your next project. Support for this episode comes from Honeybook. HoneyBook is an online business management tool that organizes your client communications, bookings, contracts, and invoices – all in one place. Visit [honeybook.com/darknet] to get 50% off your subscription. Support for this episode comes from Check Point. Check Point makes firewalls and security appliances you can use to combat the latest generation of cyber attacks. Upgrade your cybersecurity at CheckPoint.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Just as a warning up front, there's some clips of violence in this episode,
0:03.5	such as gun fights and terrorist attacks.
0:06.4	If that kind of thing bothers you, then you might want to skip this one.
0:10.7	Mosul. That sounds like a good place to start this story.
0:14.0	Mosul is an ancient city in Iraq. Like we're talking people have lived there in the area of Mosul
0:19.6	since like 2000 BC. It's right next to the Tigris River, and it's grown to a population of
0:25.8	cheese over a million and a half people. It's Iraq's second largest city.
0:31.6	On June 10th 2014, a new chapter in Mosul's history was written, a group of armed fighters
0:38.3	basically an army just raided the place.
0:45.0	ISIS infiltrated Mosul. They shot it up, set stuff on fire, and they were targeting all
0:51.7	Iraqi police and military and security.
0:57.9	In just a few days, they took over the whole city of Mosul. The whole city of a million people.
1:04.4	People began fleeing the city in huge droves, hundreds of thousands of people left or were killed.
1:12.1	Mosul was now under control of ISIS, the Islamic State. In extremist group,
1:18.0	a group that the US believes is made up of violent jihadist terrorists.
1:24.1	That same month, ISIS declared a caliphate in Mosul.
1:28.0	ISIS, which stands for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, says now it will simply be known
1:34.1	as the Islamic State. And it declared all areas it's overtaken in Syria and Iraq to be a caliphate
1:40.8	or Islamic State. A significant move. As far as I understand, declaring a caliphate means that
1:47.0	they are establishing that the city of Mosul is the Islamic State, like it's sort of their own nation.
1:53.9	It's a place to go live and practice their beliefs. Anyone who's affiliated with ISIS can come live there.
1:59.8	When ISIS had their own police patrolling the city, their own soldiers defending it, their own leadership, and everything.
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