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The Hunt: Little by little, ISIL losing control in Iraq

WASHINGTON — As the battle for Mosul draws closer, the Islamic State terror group is little by little losing everything, military officials say.

In this week’s edition of The Hunt, Col. John Dorrian, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, said the U.S. military is successfully conducting airstrikes on oil wells controlled by IS militants to cut off revenue sources.

 

 

FBI detects Iranian cyber criminals in US systems

WASHINGTON — The FBI has detected a group of hackers it believes are using dozens of IP addresses and hundreds of domains hosted in the United States to possibly attack enemies of the Iranian government. A Cyber Division Flash bulletin indicates “a group of malicious cyber actors — likely located in Iran — use Virtual Private Server infrastructure hosted in the United States to compromise government, corporate and academic computer networks based in the Middle East, Europe and the United States.”
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