Hackers trace ISIS Twitter accounts back to internet addresses linked to Department of Work and Pensions

Teenage computer experts unveil astonishing web of unpublicised interactions linking extremist social media mouthpieces to the British government

UK Daily Mirror, --December 15, 2015

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Hackers have claimed that a number of Islamic State supporters' social media accounts are being run from internet addresses linked to the Department of Work and Pensions.
A group of four young computer experts who call themselves VandaSec have unearthed evidence indicating that at least three ISIS-supporting accounts can be traced back to the DWP's London offices. Every computer and mobile phone logs onto the internet using an IP address, which is a type of identification number. Update: British government admits it can't stop ISIS extremists using internet addresses More...

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