'I did it for the lives lost in Orlando,' the hacker told Newsweek. Vigilante hacker WauchulaGhost does not reveal his real name and says only that they are based in the US and that they were sparked into action after Omar Mateen massacred at least 49 people in a gay club in Florida. Since 2015, Twitter claims they have shut down more than 125,000 accounts promoting extremism. Islamist sympathisers have used Twitter and other social media sites to spread their own brand of brutal jihad hoping to entice angry westerners to join the terrorists. Orlando shooting: Victim Eddie Justice's best friend describes him as his 'angel'