Data leaks and whistle blowers in the past decade have demonstrated the democratizing force of information. It has almost become a kind of movement encourage as a form of protest by those such as Edward Snowden. Now it is happening to ISIS and it couldn’t be to a better end.
22,00o members of the terrorist organization have fallen victim of their own Data leak.
A defector from within the ranks of ISIS has made off with a USB drive that contains very specific data about individuals, information they gave to the organization upon signing up. For starters, names, phone numbers, hometown and even blood types. A variety of news organizations have obtained and affirmed the authenticity of the information in the leak including a Syrian opposition newspaper, Sky News, and CNN, as well as German intelligence.
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