Monday, March 23, 2015

How are the book sales coming?

FOX News doing a good job for everyone? The implications of exposure through social media and other broadcast enterprises is extensive. Just think about it a minute. No reason for me to be helpful.

Discretion is the better part of valor.

March 23, 2015 
By The Daily Caller

In January of this year (click here) a group within ISIS calling themselves the CyberCaliphate hacked into U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) servers and compromised not only the military database, but also Twitter and YouTube accounts.

Military.com reports they then proceeded to issue threatening messages to U.S.military personnel. Although the Pentagon has issued no official confirmation, the hack and subsequent threats appear legitimate. The White House kind of did confirm and kind of didn’t at the same time.
This is some scary stuff folks!...

I am not the only one worried. People should consider shadow identities rather than their own. 

March 22, 2015

...A Pentagon spokesman (click here) said the information could not immediately be verified but "we are looking into it." The military services have repeatedly warned personnel to be careful in their use of social media to include Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram....

The implications could render Facebook worthless. And all everyone did was click OK to terms and conditions. But, that is nothing new, the recruitment of young adult or teenage Muslims is all online. 

March 21, 2015
By Michael S. Schmidt and Helene Cooper

...Defense Department and F.B.I. officials (click here) said that they were aware of the website and were investigating the posting.
It does not appear that the information had been hacked from government servers. One Defense Department official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said that most of the information could be found in public records, residential address search sites and social media.
The officials said the list appears to be drawn from personnel who have appeared in news articles about airstrikes on the militant group.
Some of the names also appear to be drawn from the Defense Department’s own official reports on the campaign against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL.
But the list also included armed services personnel and others in the United States or elsewhere who have had nothing to do with the bombing campaigns, officials said....