WauchulaGhost does not disclose his real name or exact location, other than to say he is based in the United States and that 'shit is getting too close to home.' The taking of innocent lives will not be tolerated.' 'Daesh have been spreading and praising the attack, so I thought I would defend those that were lost. 'I did it for the lives lost in Orlando,' the hacker tells Newsweek. Following the mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 13, the hacker decided to replace ISIS imagery posted to the accounts with rainbow flags and pro-LGBT messages. Twitter accounts belonging to supporters of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) have been hacked in the wake of the Orlando shooting, with jihadist content replaced with gay pride messages and links to gay pornography.Ī hacker affiliated with the hacktivist collective Anonymous, who uses the online moniker WauchulaGhost, first began hijacking pro-ISIS Twitter accounts several months ago.