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Isis Harambe

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Isis Harambe is real—and so is her name

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Islamic State makes desperate call for attacks on the West, as Mosul stronghold falls

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ISIS recommends list of secure-messaging apps amid heated U.S. encryption debate

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Creator of top jihadist online forum sentenced to 8 years in prison

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The 1789 law the U.S. is using to force Apple to break the iPhone’s security

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How ISIS trains militants in online security

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Finding ‘Linda Glocke,’ the woman who vowed to destroy ISIS

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4chan Photoshops ISIS as rubber ducks for operation ‘Allahu Quackbar’

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Tor use skyrockets in Bangladesh after government bans social networks

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Twitter: Anonymous’s lists of alleged ISIS accounts are ‘wildly inaccurate’

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Cryptography expert casts doubt on encryption in ISIS’ favorite messaging app

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Malaysia arrests hacker who allegedly stole U.S. military personnel records for ISIS

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People are freaking out about an ISIS member who looks like Drake

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Dark Net site promised to livestream torture and execution of 7 ISIS jihadists

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Kayla Mueller’s family reveals she was raped and tortured while in ISIS captivity

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