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ISIS social media accounts are buzzing with a spreadsheet of personal data on employees of the American, British, and Australian governments, including military personnel. The Islamic State claims this list was compiled using data stolen from government systems by its “hacking division,” although some experts who have reviewed the list say most of it was more likely created using simple Google searches of publicly available data. There are about 1,400 individuals included on the list. The list was accompanied by a message from the “Islamic State Hacking Division,” transcribed by Sky News: O Crusaders, as you continue your aggression towards the Islamic State and your bombing campaign against the Muslims, know that we are in your emails and computer systems, watching and recording your every move. We have your names and addresses, we are in your emails and social media accounts, we are extracting confidential data and passing on your personal information to the soldiers of the khilafah, who soon with the permission of Allah will strike at your necks in your own lands. So wait, we too are waiting. The Sydney Morning Herald criticizes Australian officials for being “caught on their heels” by the hit list, which includes Defense Force employees and a Victorian MP. Even though “Australia’s most senior Islamic State militant, former Melbourne man and terror recruiter Neil Prakash” was posting links to the hit list early Wednesday morning, at least half of the Australians targeted by ISIS said they were unaware of the threat until they were informed by the media… which contacted them using the phone numbers published by the Islamic State. “I’m completely at a loss,” said the aforementioned MP, who at least has access to a security detail assigned to protect elected officials. “What do I do? The police probably know less than you and I.” Defense Force employees on the list said they were in shock no one from the government had warned them. Various agencies of the Australian government declined to discuss the matter. In addition to Prakash – who crowed “Cyber war got em shook!” and “Kill them where you find them and enslave their women” on Twitter – the Herald reports “other prominent militants, including British man Junaid Hussain, who is third on a CIA kill list of Islamic State operatives, also used social media to promote the leak and encourage attacks.” Sky News reports the hit list includes British Foreign Office employees, plus a “local council employee.” Most of the names on the list are American, including personnel from the Air Force, Marines, NASA, FBI, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Russian state outlet RT.com says the list also includes “a worker in an Israeli magistrate’s court” and “someone in a college in Mississippi.” The RT.com article mentions some reasons for skepticism about the Islamic State’s claim that this list includes confidential information obtained by hackers: some of the phone numbers appear to be disconnected, while the purportedly stolen U.S. military passwords appearing on the list are “too weak to pass the guidelines of an official computer system operated by the Pentagon.” The Sydney Morning Herald also found some of the information published on the list to be outdated. “This is the second or third time they’ve claimed that and the first two times I’ll tell you, whatever lists they got were not taken by any cyber attack,” said Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno, as quoted by the UK Guardian. The Guardian also cites the opinion of computer security expert Troy Hunt, who said the of the supposedly hacked data: “It’s pretty clear that it’s been aggregated from different sources. It’s been put together on the basis of a .gov or .mil address. Even the passwords, they’re not strong enough to have come from a corporate or government. They’re not even strong enough to have come from an online service – you can’t create a Gmail account, for example, with a password of less than eight characters, and here we’re seeing some passwords of three letters.” The UK Daily Mail notes that Twitter administrators appear to have shut down the Islamic State Hacking Division’s account three times on Wednesday while it attempted to spread its hit list around, leading to the creation of a fourth terrorist account with the message, “Kuffar seem to be raging.”

August 17, 2015 Author: Category: Greg's Blog

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans ISIS social media accounts are buzzing with a spreadsheet of personal data on employees of the American, British, and Australian governments, including military personnel. The Islamic State claims this list was compiled using data stolen from government systems by its “hacking…

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Bytes & Bars: Hacktivist gets 10 yrs for passing info to Wikileaks

March 22, 2014 Author: Category: Greg's Blog

A cyber-activist behind a massive exposé on a US private intelligence firm that spied for the government, has been sentenced to ten years behind bars. The ca… ________________________ https://gregorydevans.com – http://gregorydevans.wordpress.com – http://hackerforhire.com – http://hackerforhireusa.com

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MIT breached on Aaron Swartz Passing Anniversary

January 11, 2014 Author: Category: Greg's Blog

Today anonymous hacktivist have breached MIT servers and left a small note on one of its sites. View full post on Cyber War News Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars

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MIT breached on Aaron Swatz Passing Anniversary

January 10, 2014 Author: Category: Greg's Blog

Today anonymous hacktivist have breached MIT servers and left a small note on one of its sites. View full post on Cyber War News Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars

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On Anniversary of Aaron Swartz’s Tragic Passing, Leading…

January 10, 2014 Author: Category: Greg's Blog

On Anniversary of Aaron Swartz’s Tragic Passing, Leading Internet Groups and Online Platforms Announce Day of Activism Against NSA Surveillance Mobilization, dubbed “The Day We Fight Back” to Honor Swartz & Celebrate Anniversary of SOPA Blackout A broad coalition of activist groups, companies, and online platforms will hold a worldwide…

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House Defies Obama Veto Threat in Passing Cyber Measure

April 28, 2012 Author: Category: Greg's Blog

The U.S. House of Representatives raised the stakes in a debate with the White House over how best to improve the nation’s cybersecurity, passing a bill President Barack Obama called too weak and threatened to veto. View full post on homeland cyber – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post…

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Ex Rutgers Indian-origin student does not regret passing on no-jail plea deal

March 22, 2012 Author: Category: Greg's Blog

Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): A former Indian- origin Rutgers student, who has been convicted for web-streaming his gay roommate‘s encounter, has said he does not regret passing on a no-jail plea deal. “I’m never going to regret not taking the plea. If I took the plea, I would have had…

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Ex-Rutgers student convicted of spying on roommate doesn’t regret passing on plea deal: report

March 22, 2012 Author: Category: Greg's Blog

The former Rutgers University student convicted last week of spying on his gay roommate who later jumped off the George Washington Bridge spoke out for the first time Wednesday — and adamantly stuck to his decision to reject a no-jail plea deal. “I’m never going to regret not taking the…

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Gregory Evans

Evans went on to become a prominent figure in the cybersecurity industry. Drawing from his real-world experiences, he became a sought-after consultant, advising high-profile clients, including top athletes and entertainers, on protecting themselves from cyber blackmail and extortion.

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