tonight, a brutal threat from isis. the fbi is tracking the terrorists online searching for anyone linked to an online hit list. on this hit list is at least 100 american military service members. the terrorists are calling for lone wolf attacks on these individuals and their families right here at home. the islamic state hacking division which says it is affiliated with isis says it was publishing the service member names so quote, our brothers residing in america can deal with you. it s not clear if this group is sanctioned by isis or not but an fbi official says tonight at least some of its members are affiliated with isis. it s also believed that at least some of the american military members on that hit list have been targeted simply because they have been involved in the coalition bombing campaign against isis. now, the information on this list has names, photos home addresses and it appears to have been taken, in part from social
the turkish side of the border. they are there in a campaign to try to convince their children to come back home. more evidence of the strange allure of the jihadi narrative that is resonating with the young people in western countries. let me ask you quickly of the hit list of 100 u.s. troops. names addresses and pictures posted online by a group we have not heard of before. reporter: it is an unheard of group calling the itself the islamic state hacking division. they claim they hacked databases and got the names, addresses and pictures of u.s. military personnel. about 100 of them. they are calling for attacks on them inside the united states. there has been skepticism about the threat. of course, jihadi groups are tech savvy. they search social media sites and collect information. the u.s. government and agencies
according to british media reports, the families are on the turkish side of the border. they are appealing and trying to convince their children to come back home. just more evidence of that strange allure of the narrative of radical jihad. talk to me about the hit list of u.s. military personnel. it is coming from a group i never heard of before. reporter: we never heard of the group. islamic state hacking division or organization. the threat released over the weekend basically calling for attacks on u.s. military personnel on u.s. soil. about 100 of them. release of information and pictures and addresses. the department of defense is saying they are investigating and trying to verify it. there is a lot of skepticism christine, about the threat that has been taken down. the hacking division claims it
full coverage of tonight s stories. let s begin with our justice correspondent pamela brown. tonight, sources say this latest attempt to target u.s. military members is an escalation of the threat that we haven t seen before. tonight we are learning some of the service members in the list may have been cherry picked because of their involvement with the u.s. air campaign in syria and iraq. among the personal information posted on the hit list pictures home addresses and phone numbers of commanders captains and major generals. in total, about 100 members of the u.s. military many of those singled out are pilots including this man, seen holding his baby. the list was posted by a group calling itself the islamic state hacking division and tonight, that group is calling on isis sympathizers to quote, kill the service members in their own land behead them in their own homes, stab them to death as they walk their streets thinking they are safe. it could very easily become something tha
at this point too his level of experience but when you look at his resume and on paper, pretty much parallels president obama, given the fact that both elected to the presidency during the first term in senator. we ll see how this pans out and first into the race and how that pans out too. you have an interesting piece on that later on. we have this other big story we re following where pentagon sources tell nbc news all 100 names on a hit list reportedly published by isis have been contacted. a group claiming affiliation with terrorist group published this list. they call itself islamic state hacking division and urged followers of isis to kill the military personnel listed. jim miklaszewski joins us live from the pentagon. what s the military telling service members targeted by the group? initially they are giving them instructions to tick up their situational awareness.