ISIS is reportedly using the Playstation 4 network to recruit and plan attacks because it is ‘more secure than WhatsApp’ intelligence experts warn.
The move is the biggest security response since the 2005 London bombings and comes after the sickening attacks in Paris on Friday night – the deadliest in Europe since the Madrid bombings in 2004 – that left at least 129 people dead.
In Belgium, which appears to be at the heart of the terror plot, officials believe terrorists are using consoles to communicate.
Belgian Minister of Home Affairs Jan Jambon said intelligence agencies have discovered evidence of jihadis using the games consoles to exchange messages with a special, hidden recruitment channel.
He said: ‘Playstation 4 is even more difficult to monitor than WhatsApp.’
ISIS fanatics are also said to be using a ‘cyber caliphate’ – protected by their own encryption software – where they plan their next attacks.
Meanwhile, special forces have been deployed to some of the capital’s landmarks and busiest spots in the aftermath of the Paris atrocities.
Eighty-nine people were killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took hostages before security forces stormed the hall.
People were shot dead at restaurants and bars at five other sites in Paris. At least 352 people were injured, of which 99 are critical. ISIS has claimed responsibility.
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