it might happen. but this is not a threat that s critical. it s scary, but it s not critical. this group, michael these islamic state hacking division are they new? they hacked into centcom s twitter feed a few weeks ago and put up all kinds of isis propaganda. it s in cyber terms called doksing of actual retired servicemen. look we think of isis as a ras tag bunch of jihadis running around. it s actually very sophisticated at the top. a lot of them are ex-saddamists. for them to use hackers to do this kind of work the syrian electronic army does this on behalf of the revolutionary guard of iran. looking for people in d.c. to cultivate. we have to expect a group this sophisticated is going to have
members. there is no way that all of these people could receive a personal security detail. we have to do things like insure the security of their own homes perhaps in some extreme cases they may consider moving out of the home that is listed as their address. reporter: the pentagon tells cnn all the service members on the list are being notified though there is no evidence of an imminent threat of an attack. now, there have been other cases where isis reached out to service members and their families right? there have been for months. we know that isis supporters have gone online directly reached out to service members and their spouses. this as one official put it an escalation of that threat. it s an anomaly as far as the volume here. the fact that this is on organized list the fact that this group took the time to go online take public information from social media, cross reference it with white pages and compile this list of 100 or so service members. it appears, anderson
ayman dean. i would say it s a strong possibility they have infiltrated isis especially with the greater number of people able to approach isis. in fact i would say that the presence of doctors there within isis is a great opportunity to infiltrate, because at the end of the day, they cannot get rid of doctors easily. so i would say, basically that isis by calling upon doctors to come they might have opened a greater door for intelligence services to penetrate them. in the meantime u.s. law enforcement says it s contacting about 100 troops targeted in an online threat. a group calling itself islamic state hacking division calls it an attack on the troops. pamela brown now with all the details. reporter: among the personal information posted on the hit list pictures, home addresses and phone numbers of commanders,
he is holding his hands and there is no party going on around him. there is no large group, no evidence of any social gathering. so there is these inconsistencies that really call into question whether anything occurred in that fraternity house that night and a party or anything else. and even the person whose the name you just said who she allegedly had gone out to dinner with. you haven t been able to find any existence of that person. i know you even went to i think the pool where she worked to see if there was somebody else at that pool. you interviewed somebody whose name came up. there is no evidence that person was the person she was on a date with, correct? when we spoke to the fix at the aquatic center. the article says they worked together at the pool. you would think somebody by the name of drew or haven monaghan would be affected on their roster of employees. based on what investigators tell me the persons they investigated at the pool would say we don t have such a per
oh. so you re protesting? okay. [ male announcer ] introducing xfinity my account. available on any device. . a few threat tonight it comes from isis from a previously unknown drupe calling itself the islamic state hacking division. the argument about 100 members of the u.s. military and isis hit list. the hackers posted over the weekend. details now from our justice correspondent pamela brown. reporter: among the personal information posted on the hit list picture, home addresses