i guess is the way to put it. these guys used extremely basic methods. almost childish methods. they broke into a blog called exmuslim.com and stole e-mails and a facebook password. they went and did google searches. it s a good news/bad news story. the good news is these guys were incompetent. there s no evidence that they re isis. there s no evidence they re tied to isis. the bad news is that someone who isn t isis who s very unsophisticated, who has no skill set, simply using google, is able to gather a tremendous amount of very disturbing information about u.s. servicemen online. and part of this story, i think it s a warning, it s really a moment of caution for servicemen saying, look, you know, we all have this inclination to share on social media, post photos on facebook, but there are people out there that would like to use this information for ill intent. and whether or not they re isis, no matter who they are, it would behoove people that are in sensitive positions, whether y
let me go back to evan on this. evan, how would they get the addresses? well, they were using google, i guess is the way to put it. these guys used extremely basic methods. almost childish methods. they broke into a blog called exmuslim.com and stole e-mails and a facebook password. they went and did google searches. it s a good news/bad news story. the good news is these guys were incompetent. there s no evidence that they re isis. there s no evidence they re tied to isis. the bad news is that someone who isn t isis who s very unsophisticated, who has no skill set, simply using google is able to gather a tremendous amount of very disturbing information about u.s. servicemen online. and part of this story, i think it s a warning, it s really a moment of caution for servicemen saying, look you know we all have this inclination to share on social media, post photos on facebook, but there are people out there that would like to use this information for ill intent.