ISIS: Mystery Solved

[Magda Hassan]

Hackers trace ISIS Twitter accounts to the Department of Work and Pensions

HACKERS have tracked Islamic State (ISIS) Twitter accounts to the BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

By Laura Mowat
PUBLISHED: 12:09, Tue, Dec 15, 2015 | UPDATED: 12:22, Tue, Dec 15, 2015


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Hackers discovered IP addresses linked back to British Government A group of teenager computer experts, known as VandaSec, have discovered evidence linking three accounts supporting ISIS, also known as Daesh, to the Department of Work and Pensions' London offices.
Hackers found the internet addresses were owned by the DWP raising serious concerns of how extremists had gained control of the IP addresses.
This revelation has caused speculation someone inside the government department is running ISIS-supporting accounts, or they were created by intelligence services to trap wannabe jihadis.
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A computer hacker

We think carefully about which companies we sell addresses to, but how their customers use this internet connection is beyond our control
Cabinet office spokesman

An internet expert has suggested the reason for the trace to the Government is because the cabinet office sold IP addresses to two Saudi Arabian firms.
The IP addresses obtained by VandaSec was traced to unpublicised transactions between Britain and Saudi Arabia.
The accounts were then used to carry out online recruitment and propaganda campaigns.
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Fighters in Northern Ramandi liberating them from ISIS control Following the sale, the IP addresses were used by extremists to spread their message of hate.
A Cabinet Office spokesperson said: "The Government owns millions of unused IP addresses which we are selling to get a good return for hardworking taxpayers.
"We have sold a number of these addresses to telecoms companies both in the UK and internationally to allow their customers to connect to the internet.
"We think carefully about which companies we sell addresses to, but how their customers use this internet connection is beyond our control."
The Government did not reveal how much money was made from selling the IP addresses to the pair of Saudi firms, because it is commercially sensitive information.
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Saudi Arabia, where the IP addresses have been linked to
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