Former targets of the group include central banks, Fox News, CNN, the United States Armed Forces and the government of Israel.
[3][4][5] On May 21, 2016 GSH targeted Donald Trump's official website by launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks for what they saw as racist comments made towards refugees and Mexicans.
[11][unreliable source] On April 23, 2016 GSH targeted the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan by taking their websites down in the protest of racism while Anonymous vs. KKK protests were happening in the state of Georgia, U.S.A.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] In 2016, GSH took down the official website of Black Lives Matter, claiming the organization fueled further racism.
[44][45][46][47][48][49][50] July 19, 2016 the sub domain of Baton Rouge City government website[51] was hacked twice in one day by GSH after previously making news after attack towards both the KKK and BLM.
They also targeted the Afghan Public Credit Registry website[55] by defacing it which also further allowed them access to several social media accounts including Dr. Abdullah's in which they tweeted, "Afghanistan Gov Hacked by GhostSquadHackers #CheifExecutiveOfficer Can you hear me now?
Further assaults continued in hopes of raising awareness for Palestine as part of OpSilence[58] and OpIsrael after shutting down the Israeli Prime Minister and the Bank of Israel.
[68][69][70][71] One of the Telegram and WhatsApp Admins (Riffat Mahmood Khan) was a former taxi driver living in Auburn was linked to ISIS and accused of administering the group's encrypted messages.
He returned from the conflict zone via Turkey six months later, and was promptly picked up by Australian Federal Police officers at the airport as he flew in, in September 2015.
Documents leaked by GSH showed that several of the accused ISIS supporter's children were enrolled in local Islamic school Al Bayan.
[72][73][74][75] Leaked data from GSH showed one Belgian (Siraj El Moussaoui), known to be an ISIS supporter, had a video on his phone about how to most effectively behead someone.
Siraj El Moussaoui tried in vain to join the Islamic State in 2016 and was arrested shortly after on suspicion of plotting an attack in Belgium.
The Twitter feed of GSH has shared a multitude of alleged attacks on various government websites during the pandemic using hashtags associated with previous campaigns of #FreeJulianAssange.
[78][79][80][81] In June the group claimed responsibility for the hacking of other Indian government websites in protest against the internet ban in Jammu and Kashmir.
GSH gave warning in a LiveWire interview saying “To the people of Jammu and Kashmir, we will support your efforts and continue to back you through this pandemic and tyrannical government's grip.
The leaked data was published in retaliation to the shootings of various individuals who fell victim to police brutality; including George Floyd, Jacob Blake, and Breonna Taylor.