ISIS reaches new level of sophistication with tech-support 'help desk'

The Islamic State (ISIS) is now an international organization with many layers of complexity and logistical demands. And like any sprawling organization with a digital presence, it needs tech support.

According to an NBC News report, ISIS staffs a "24-hour Jihadi Help Desk" designed to support its myriad activities, including but not limited to carrying out terror plots like Friday's attacks in Paris.

The help desk members, roughly six jihadists, "answer questions from the technically mundane to the technically savvy to elevate the entire jihadi community to engage in global terror," counterterrorism analyst Aaron F. Brantly told NBC News. Read more...