government staffers. then gave the data to isis, quote, to target the u.s. personnel for attacks and violence. how dangerous is this 20-year-old alleged hacker? in terms of effort with the right amount of money, with the right amount of ideological commitment and enough time on your hands, you can pull something off like that. and i mean isis has said they will commit themselves to combatting their infidel enemies wherever they are present. that also includes online. prosecutors say after he hacked the u.s. service members data, he gave it to the notorious head of isis hacking division killed recently in a u.s. drone strike. he s believed to have inspired this isis-instigated attack on u.s. soil, the foiled attempt in may to shoot up a prophet mohamed cartoon drawing contest in garland, texas. u.s. officials say he and his british-born wife sally jones published the kill list online this summer encouraging lone wolf attacks, warning, quote, oh
that he might be involved with isis. and they are skeptical of the charges. the relative who did not want to be named says farese recently planned to return home from malaysia and suffers from mental health issues and they were getting worse. brianna. brian, i know you have some information from an intel source on the fallout from the death of that top isis hacker. what did you find out? that s right. a u.s. intelligence official tells us hus sane s death is a significant loss for isis, brianna. that they re struggling to find someone to step into his shoes but this official says isis is certainly not abandoning its efforts to inspire acts of violence online. they re concerned about possible future attacks. there was some thought that his widow sally jones might step into his role as the head of isis hacking division. she may not have the skills, but they ll find someone else who does. we know you will stay on that. brian todd, thank you. coming up, a flash flood watch in the sa
leak from the cheater website ashley madison. we are live from washington d.c. with kristen and the details. good morning. i have the distinction from reporting from the city with the highest rate of membership from the ashley madison website. you better believe there are a lot of nervous folks here especially since the pentagon is now getting involved in the investigation. the exploration of extramarital affair comes more than a personal matter when you do it on a government computer funded by taxpayers. that s what many were doing, accesses accounts while at work. this includes those that worked at white house, state department, department of lab laborfbi, faa and one at the department of homeland security that worked in the agency s hacking division. to be fair, some e-mail accounts appear to be bogus. anyone can register any e-mail
sensitive, potentially dangerous personnel details. a group calling itself the islamic state hacking division has published this list online. about 1,400 names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers and alleged passwords of u.s. military personnel and civilian government employees. at the top, a message. both crusaders know that we are in your e-mails and computer systems, watching and recording your every move. it says they re extracting confidential data, passing it to isis, and its soldiers will strike at your necks in your own lands. this drives people to follow up on this information. maybe it will get a hit on someone. maybe it won t. it also does really freak out u.s. governments, military and law enforcement personnel. the fbi is investigating. u.s. military and australian police officials tell cnn they re looking into how it s affecting their people on the list. i take it seriously because it s clear what they re trying
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