Isis hackers 'infiltrate' UK's Ministry of Defence and threaten to leak 'secret intelligence'
A hacker-group affiliated to Islamic State (Isis) has claimed to have planted a mole in the Ministry of Defence and is threatening to leak secret British intelligence data. The group, which goes by the name Islamic State Hacking Division, had earlier published an anti-drone warfare document, in which it had listed US Air Force drone pilots – believed to be involved in air strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria – as potential targets of the militants.
In a tweet (which has now been removed), the group said: "In our next leak we may even disclose secret intelligence the Islamic State has just received from a source the brothers in the UK have spent some time acquiring from the Ministry of Defence in London as we slowly and secretly infiltrate England and the USA online and off." However, a Sunday Times report claimed that the information released by the hackers pertaining to US military personnel, appeared to have been gathered from publicly available sources like Facebook and was not a result of any hack.
