Lara Abdallat

[3][4][5] Her online activism began following the release the video of the execution of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh[2] and the 2015 attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo,[4] though elsewhere she has stated that she first reached out to hacktivists in November 2014.

[6] She is part of the hacktivist groups CtrlSec,[2] and "Ghost Security" (GSG), which work to block or suspend Twitter accounts, hack websites, and have propaganda videos removed from sites when these posts, tweets, or videos promote Islamic fundamentalist groups such as ISIS, Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra, and Al-Shabaab.

"[6] The group states that alerting governmental counterterrorist organizations stopped a potential attack in 2015 in Times Square and another in Tunisia.

[6][8] Of GSG's role in preventing these incidents, Abdallat said: "I want to tell you, I got goosebumps that day.

"[6] Elsewhere, she has said: "They are committing crimes that are against Islam – they are destroying the image of our religion, and I wanted to do my part to stop them.