itself the islamic state hacking division uploaded a hit list of u.s. military personnel on the web. the group posted names, photos even addresses or everything a would-be lone wolf needs to attempt to kill. want to bring in cnn justice correspondent pamela brown. the military has notified everyone on this list and their families. do they have a sense of just how credible this threat is? well the concern here is that regardless of whether this group is credible the concern is that a lone wolf someone living in the u.s., go to one of these addresses listed of military members. we are talking commanders captains major generals in this list a lot of pilots. the concern is they could target these u.s. service members. we are learning more about the group behind this the islamic state hacking division. the fbi has apparently been tracking a few of the individuals in this group and they are considered isis affiliates according to a law enforcement official i spoke with. it s still unclear
the post revealed about 100 service members. it calls on lone wolves to murder them. abc s hamish mcdonald has more. reporter: names, pictures, home addresses, more than 100 american military personnel exposed online. the message, kill those listed. the homegrown violent extremists who can be inspired to attack our military in the united states and i think unfortunately it would be not so difficult to pull off. reporter: the group behind this list calls itself the islamic state hacking division and claims to represent isis. it says the information came from military records. pentagon officials say the photos and most of the information are already available in public records, and on social media. i worry that this increasing sophistication by this islamic terrorist organizations to
media sites, including facebook. law enforcement officials says everyone on that hit list is being contacted. pamela brown is outfront. pam, the threats here are specific and horrific. what are you hearing about it? that s absolutely right. in fact the big concern here erin is that a lone wolf could then go to these addresses listed and target a service member. as you point out, they are all being notified of the threat. and a law enforcement official that i spoke with says the fbi has been tracking the online presence of a few of these people believed to be associated with this group, the islamic state hacking division that was published over the weekend. it s not clear if isis leadership ordered this group to collect this information but we are learning that some of the individuals known to be part of this group are believed to be based overseas and affiliated