GETTY IMAGES ISIS claim they have a mole in the MoD

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In our next leak we may even disclose secret intelligence the Islamic State has just received from a source the brothers in the UK have spent some time acquiring from the Ministry of Defence Islamic State Hacking Division

The stark allegations come after the Islamic State Hacking Division published the names, addresses and photographs of dozens of American military personnel believed to have been involved in a series of drone strikes against jihadis in Iraq and Syria. On its website, the organisation wrote: “In our next leak we may even disclose secret intelligence the Islamic State has just received from a source the brothers in the UK have spent some time acquiring from the Ministry of Defence as we slowly and secretly infiltrate England and the USA online and off.”

IG The Islamic State published a list of American military personnel

The MoD’s IT network is protected by online security experts from aircraft manufacturer Airbus at a heavily protected centre in Newport, Gwent. Peter Grogan, head of business development at Airbus, said: “The MoD has that constant threat of insiders. You’ve got the full spectrum of potential attackers with different motives. “Islamic State have identified the advantages they would get were they to be able to utilise cyber space and they’ve put the appropriate amount of effort into it. They recognise their ability to disrupt our way of life electronically. “There are some savvy young people who’ve got similar qualifications and skills to people working here or working in the US National Security Agency.”

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