Malaysian authorities have arrested a man over charges of hacking and allegedly providing personal information of more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel and federal employees to the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS. The man has been identified as Ardit Ferizi, a Kosovo citizen, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Ferizi, believed to be in his 20s, was taken in custody on Sept. 15, Malaysian national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement late Thursday, according to the Associated Press, adding that investigations showed that he was in contact with a senior ISIS leader in Syria.
Earlier in August, Hussain posted a tweet with the title “NEW: U.S. Military AND Government HACKED by the Islamic State Hacking Division,” which contained a hyperlink to a 30-page document. “That document stated, in part, 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,’” the statement read. The post was intended to provide ISIS supporters in the U.S. and elsewhere with the personal information of the listed military and federal employees for encouraging terrorist attacks against those individuals, according to the statement.
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