Pentagon Divulges a New Weapon Against ISIS: Cyberattacks

Mashable
By: Christopher Miller

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The U.S. airstrike campaign against the Islamic State is public knowledge. But on Monday, the Pentagon admitted for the first time during an active war that it had used cyberattacks against the extremist group, too.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said they plan to step up these cyberattacks, providing new details about how the Pentagon is using digital weapons as part of Washington’s fight against ISIS…

ISIS has effectively used social media not only to control the narrative of the conflict in Iraq and Syria, but also to inspire sympathizers and recruit new members — thousands of whom come from foreign countries, including the U.S. The Soufan Group, which tracks foreign fighters going to Iraq and Syria, said in a recent report (PDF) that recruitment within the U.S. has been mostly reliant on social media…

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Download The Soufan Group’s updated report on Foreign Fighters here.

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