News report # ISIS' media mouthpiece Amaq was silenced, but not for long CBS News, May 2, 2018. Amaq's return within days of the April 2018 Europol-coordinated takedown: back online by Wednesday morning 2 May 2018, apparently hosted on a server in Phoenix, Arizona, and immediately used to claim an attack in Tripoli.. **Source type:** News report **Published:** May 2, 2018 **Research grade:** S1 **Used in entries:** 1 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** CBS News **Published:** May 2, 2018 **Source type:** News report **Research grade:** Source grade S1 **Language:** English **Official record:** Not an official publication **Address:** [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-amaq-online-propaganda-hit-cyber-takedown-bounces-back-in-just-days/](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-amaq-online-propaganda-hit-cyber-takedown-bounces-back-in-just-days/) **What it supports:** Amaq's return within days of the April 2018 Europol-coordinated takedown: back online by Wednesday morning 2 May 2018, apparently hosted on a server in Phoenix, Arizona, and immediately used to claim an attack in Tripoli. **Dataset id:** src\_cbsnews\_amaq\_return\_2018 ## Research notes - JSON-LD datePublished 2018-05-02T12:21:00-0400; no individual byline on the page. - The page's og/secondary headline is 'ISIS' Amaq online propaganda machine hit by Europol, US cyber...' - the article headline itself is the one recorded here. - 'Seemingly hosted' is the article's own hedge on the Phoenix, Arizona attribution; do not harden it. How this source is used Cited 1 time across 1 record type. The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards. Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Later activity 1 citation Cited for activity recorded after the takedown. - [Amaq back online days after the takedown](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/amaq-propaganda-infrastructure-takedown) Same service on replacement infrastructure, Amaq propaganda infrastructure takedown Later outcome [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)