Britain on terror alert: Britain’s Special forces on the streets of London as experts warn ISIS is using the PlayStation 4 network to recruit and plan attacks

ISIS is using the PlayStation 4 network to recruit and plan attacks because it’s ‘more secure than WhatsApp’, intelligence experts warn, as special forces are deployed on the streets of London with Britain on terror alert.

The move is the biggest security response since the 2005 London bombings and comes after the sickening attacks in Paris on Friday night – the deadliest in Europe since the Madrid bombings in 2004 – that left at least 132 people dead.

In Belgium, which appears to be at the heart of the terror plot, officials believe that terrorists are using consoles to communicate.

Belgian Minister of Home Affairs Jan Jambon said intelligence agencies have discovered evidence of jihadis using the games consoles to communicate with a special, hidden recruitment channel.

He told HNL.be: ’Playstation 4 is even more difficult to monitor than WhatsApp.’

Meanwhile, special forces have been deployed to some of the capital’s landmarks and busiest spots in the aftermath of the Paris atrocities.

Eighty-nine people were killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took hostages before security forces stormed the hall.

People were shot dead at restaurants and bars at five other sites in Paris. At least 352 people were injured, of which 99 are critical. ISIS has claimed responsibility.

It is believed two of the bombers were carrying Syrian and Egyptian passports. At least two others are thought to be French while several could also be Belgian.

At least one of the attackers is believed to have passed through Greece as a refugee.

It has been revealed that around 250 jihadists have returned to France from Syria – but the number coming back to Britain is almost double that.

Experts have also said there are as many as 2,000 people ‘of interest’ in the UK to MI5 and security services.

Speaking on Newsnight, BBC Correspondent Richard Watson said: ‘In France, ten people per week for the last five months have travelled to Syria and many of them have come back.

‘In the UK, 760 people are assessed to have travelled out to Syria. Sixty people are assessed to have died fighting in Syria and half are back in the UK already.

‘There are 2,000 people of interest in the UK to MI5 and security service. The question is how do you keep tabs on 2,000 people?’

He also explained how the ISIS fanatics were using a ‘cyber caliphate’ – protected by their own encryption software – where they plan their next attacks.