NO JOKING MATTER!!!!! ISIS threat at home: FBI warns US military about social media vulnerabilities Reported by ABC News UPDATED 7:44 PM EST Dec 01, 2014 The FBI on Sunday issued the strongest warning to date about possible attacks by the ISIS terrorist group against the U.S. military inside the homeland, ABC News reported. In a joint intelligence bulletin issued overnight by the FBI with the Department of Homeland Security, officials strongly urged those who serve in uniform to scrub their social media accounts of anything that might bring unwanted attention from violent extremists or would help the extremists learn individual service members identities. The FBI and DHS recommend that current and former members of the military review their online social media accounts for any information that might serve to attract the attention of ISIL [ISIS] and its supporters, the federal bulletin sent to law enforcement agencies said, advising that troops routinely exercise operational security in their interactions online. Officials said they fear copycat attacks based on what happened in Canada last month, when two uniformed Canadian soldiers were killed in two separate incidents by young men who claimed they were ISIS followers. Some in U.S. special operations and other military branches have told ABC News they deactivated, scrubbed or locked Facebook and other personal social media accounts months ago at the urging of security officers as the U.S. began bombing ISIS in Iraq and Syria last August. But the government on Sunday night indicated it had obtained fresh intelligence that ISIS wants to recruit or inspire sympathizers inside America to hurt military members where they live. The FBI recently received reporting indicating individuals overseas are spotting and assessing like-minded individuals who are willing and capable of conducting attacks against current and former U.S.-based members of the United States military, the bulletin said.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:10:17 +0000
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