Malaysia Arrests Man For Hacking U.S. Security Data To Supply Targets For Islamic State

Malaysia has arrested a man on charges of hacking into the
personal information of more than a thousand U.S. security officials and
handing the database to the Islamic State militant group in Syria so it could
target the individuals.

The 20-year-old from Kosovo, who entered Malaysia in August
2014 to study computer science and forensics at a private institute in the
capital, Kuala Lumpur, will be extradited to the United States, police said Thursday
night.

“Early investigation found the suspect communicated
with one of the right hand man (leader) of IS terrorist group in Syria to hack
a few servers containing information and details of U.S security personnel and
team.

“The details were then transferred to the operation
unit of the IS group for further action,” the police said.

The document sent to the security personnel said in part:
“we are in your emails and computer systems, watching and recording your every
move, we have your names and addresses.” It said that information would be
passed on to Islamic State fighters “who soon with the permission of Allah
will strike at your necks in your own lands!”