A group referring to itself as the CyberCaliphate and claiming ties to ISIS appears to have taken over social media accounts belonging to the United States Central Command. For the past hour or so, the group has been using CENTCOM's YouTube and Twitter accounts to share pro-ISIS videos and supposedly leaked documents, though Twitter has already suspended CENTCOM's account in a bid to keep things under control. Meanwhile, the hackers have taken to Pastebin to issue and offer up a taste of information said to have been pulled from private military systems.
"We broke into your networks and personal devices and know everything about you," the statement reads. "You'll see no mercy infidels. ISIS is already here, we are in your PCs, in each military base. With Allah's permission we are in CENTCOM now." Fair warning: We haven't yet been able to confirm what's exactly in these dumps, so do your due diligence and protect yourself and your system if you decide to sift though things. For what it's worth, ZDNET's Zach Whittaker has preliminarily explored the files and determined that some -- if not a significant percentage -- are materials that have already been publicly released.
This is a developing story, please refresh for updates.
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