A group calling itself the "hacking division" of Islamic State has published what it says are the names and addresses of 100 US military staff and urged IS supporters to kill them, a monitoring group says.
SITE Intelligence said the allegedly hacked details about members of the air force, army and navy included pictures, addresses and ranks of personnel.
The hackers said the staff had targeted IS in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, and called upon its "brothers residing in America" to attack them.
The group, which referred to itself as the "Islamic State Hacking Division", said it had hacked several military servers, databases and emails and made the information public so "lone wolf" attackers can kill them.
A US defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: "I can't confirm the validity of the information, but we are looking into it.
"We always encourage our personnel to exercise appropriate OPSEC (operations security) and force protection procedures."
Officials from the Defense Department and the FBI told The New York Times they were aware of the threats and were investigating.
The US Marine Corps said it was visiting all staff affected, and urged caution online.
Lieutenant Colonel John Caldwell said: "Vigilance and force protection considerations remain a priority for commanders and their personnel.
"It is recommended Marines and family members check their online/social footprint, ensuring privacy settings are adjusted to limit the amount of available personal information."
Lt Col Caldwell added the threat remained "unverified".
A defence source told The New York Times that most of the information is available in public records and did not appear to have been hacked from government servers.
The newspaper quoted officials as saying the list appeared to have been drawn from people mentioned in news articles about airstrikes on IS, which controls large parts of Iraq and Syria.
NATO commander Philip Breedlove claimed it was an attempt by IS to divert attention away from military setbacks.
He said: "What we have seen across the last several months is that every time they take a defeat on the battlefield, or every time they are under great pressure on the battlefield, they come out with kind of some big splash like this.
"This caliphate, I think, is under great pressure and so they try to divert attention from what is happening on the battlefield."
IS has claimed responsibility for hacking attacks in the US in the past, including against Central Command, which oversees the air campaign against the group.
In January, the Centcom Twitter feed was hacked by a group claiming to be IS sympathisers.
Images were posted showing documents containing the contact details of current and retired military officers, including home addresses and email accounts.
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