By Kelley Chittenden
Malaysian authorities detained a 20-year-old citizen of
Kosovo named Ardit Ferizi based on a U.S. arrest warrant, according to a statement
released by the Department of Justice. Federal prosecutors charged Ferizi with
hacking personal information of over 1,000 U.S. military personnel and federal
employees and providing the information to the Islamic State and Greater Syria.
Assistant Attorney General John Carlin describes the hacker teaming up with a terror
group to target Americans as a “first-of-its kind-case,” The
Wall Street Journal reports. Ferizi is expected to be extradited to the
U.S., where he could face up to thirty-five years in prison if convicted of
providing material support to the Islamic State, unauthorized access to a
computer, and aggravated identity theft.
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