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Nov 18, 2015

After claiming responsibility for the Paris terrorist attacks, ISIS apparently has a new foe, according to Fortune Magazine and other outlets.

Hacker collective ANONYMOUS posted a video Saturday on YouTube in which it declared a cyber war on ISIS (Islamic State In Syria). In the nearly two-and-a-half-minute video, a person wearing the group’s signature Guy Fawkes mask read a statement in French promising that the hacktivist organization would attack ISIS in cyberspace with the ultimate goal of weakening the terrorist organization.

Reports are that 5500 twitter accounts have already been shut down, but police are saying that is not necessarily a good thing. Cyber-clues are important in tracking criminals. Steve and Sinclair review the background of the "hack-tivist" group, Anonymous.

In the Q & A Segment, CFP Murray Titterington and CPA Nick Stefaniak join the A-Team to review and recap Social Security claiming rules and tax scenarios that crop up when one spouse is working and the other is retired.