Army issues troops safety instructions following Islamic State kill list threat
The U.S. Army has issued a worldwide urgent “security awareness message” to soldiers on how to protect their social media accounts, and their homes, from attacks by the Islamic State terrorists or other extremists.
The message lists over a dozen safety steps, including to make sure personnel check the door peephole before letting someone in their homes, to fortify doors, to hold family meetings on security and to greatly tone down social media postings so terrorists do not know personal connections or daily comings and goings.
The Army issued the warning on Friday in reaction to the Islamic State, also called ISIL and ISIS, publishing the names of 100 U.S. military personnel as targets for assassination.
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The message said that ISIL’s hackers division procured the names and addresses by sifting through social media [presumably Facebook and Twitter] and finding professional and personal connections among users.
“It appears the list specifically targeted military members who are pilots or aircraft crew members in retaliation for airstrike in Iraq and Syria,” the Army message said, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times.
This appears to be the most extensive security warning to date from the Defense Department, a sign that it takes the Islamic State’s threat to its personnel extremely seriously.
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