On March 4, 2019, a previously unknown pro-Islamic State (ISIS) hacking entity announced that it had, in support of ISIS, defaced several websites. The group promised a cyber war "soon, very soon." Two of the websites hacked use the ".Za" internet country code, which is the top-level domain for South Africa. Some of the websites were defaced with a message in English threatening the kuffar ("unbelievers") with cyberattacks: "We will carry out cyberattacks and real attacks in your country, the whole world is threatened. There is no safe place... We will find you and we will kill you."
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