Islamic State link probed after threatening messages sent to military spouses Los Angeles Times (Tribune News Service)
Published: February 19, 2015
A screen capture of CENTCOM's hacked Twitter account. The five prominent military spouses that recently received threatening messages from someone claiming to represent the Islamic State had all been quoted in a January news report about the hacking of a U.S. Central Command Twitter account.
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Hackers claiming to be with the militant group Islamic State took control of U.S. Central Command’s Twitter feed and YouTube channel Monday, posting threats to servicemembers and contact information of military staff and retired brass.The White House confirmed the death of 26-year-old American aid worker Kayla Jean Mueller on Tuesday, and reaction to the news online was swift and strident.
Angela Ricketts, the wife of an Army officer in Colorado, was startled by the message that popped up on her Facebook account last week.
“Dear Angela! Bloody Valentines Day!” the message began. “While your president and your husband are killing our brothers in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan we’re coming for you.”
It went on: “We know everything about you, your husband and your children and we are much closer than you can imagine. You’ll see no mercy infidel!”
The message was sent from an account called “CyberCaliphate.” It claimed to be on behalf of “IS,” or Islamic State — also known as ISIS or ISIL.
“I’d be lying if I said it didn’t frighten me,” Ricketts said. “It had my full name and was very specific.”
Ricketts, the author of a memoir titled “No Man’s War: Irreverent Confessions of an Infantry Wife,” was one of five military spouses who received the threatening messages. All are prominent advocates for military families who have been quoted in the news media.READ MORE
“Dear Angela! Bloody Valentines Day!” the message began. “While your president and your husband are killing our brothers in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan we’re coming for you.”
It went on: “We know everything about you, your husband and your children and we are much closer than you can imagine. You’ll see no mercy infidel!”
The message was sent from an account called “CyberCaliphate.” It claimed to be on behalf of “IS,” or Islamic State — also known as ISIS or ISIL.
“I’d be lying if I said it didn’t frighten me,” Ricketts said. “It had my full name and was very specific.”
Ricketts, the author of a memoir titled “No Man’s War: Irreverent Confessions of an Infantry Wife,” was one of five military spouses who received the threatening messages. All are prominent advocates for military families who have been quoted in the news media.READ MORE
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