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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Doug Bolton

Isis leak personal details of military and political workers

Isis claim to have leaked the email addresses of military and political workers (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

A spreadsheet that apparently reveals the names, email addresses and passwords of hundreds of government and military workers has been released online, through a Twitter account claiming to be run by an Isis supporter.

As reported by Sky News, the spreadsheet shows the details of Foreign Office workers and a British council employee - although most of the personal information relates to people within Nasa, the US armed forces and the New York and New Jersey Port Authority.

A message at the top of the spreadsheet reads: "O Crusaders, as you continue your aggression towards the Islamic State and your bombing campaign against the Muslims, know that we are in your emails and computer systems, watching and recording your every move."

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"We have your names and addresses, we are in your emails and social media accounts, we are extracting confidential data and passing on your personal information to the soldiers of the khilafah, who soon with the permission of Allah will strike at your necks in your own lands."

"So wait, we too are waiting."

It is not yet known how old the information is, or whether it is valid.

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The link to the data was reportedly first posted by Neil Prakash, an Australian Isis recruiter.

Accounts that spread the spreadsheet are shut down by Twitter, but the company is unable to prevent new ones from springing up.

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