While Obama submitted comments to the FTC and is preparing new cyber security laws, Twitter and YouTube's accounts Central Administration of the United States [United States Central Command] were hacked by a group of hackers known as "CyberCaliphate", who claim to be linked to ISIS.
"OR ISIS it's already here, we're on your computers, in every military base", the hackers said in one of the tweets. A US official confirmed the breach, according to NBC News .
On the YouTube page of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), hackers posted a propaganda video about support of ISIS.
In the Twitter messages, the hackers who support ISIS suggest that they have penetrated deeper into the networks of the Central Administration of the United States after they included images depicting spreadsheets with the names and addresses of the members of the US Army.
An anonymous user at Pastebin wrote the following:
The Pentagon's networks are hacked
AMERICAN STRATEGIES,
WE GO TO YOUR SOON. ISIS. #CyberCaliphate
In name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful, CyberCaliphate under its auspices ISIS continues CyberJihad (cyber-jihad). While the US and its satellites are killing our brothers in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, we have broken their networks and their personal devices to know everything.
You will not see any mercy unbelievers. ISIS is already here, we are on your computers, on every military basis. With the permission of Allah we are at CENTCOM now.
We will not stop! We know everything about you, your spouses and your children.
US soldiers! We are watching you!
Then there is a link to a .zip file called "US Army Files," which includes lists of names, addresses, and contact details for army officers as well as budget documents from the previous year .
Despite the fact that this is a major breach, none of the information that went on the air seems to be terribly sensitive. A Pentagon staffer who assisted in compiling the report, said Wall Street Journal that none of the information published was top secret. Some of them are readily available on public websites.
The United States has said it will "take appropriate action to address this issue."
At the moment we write the article CENTCOM accounts at Twiiter and Youtube both have been suspended.
