--- description: Mark Taylor deleted 45 geo-tagged tweets title: New Zealander ISIS Fighter Accidentally Tweets Secret Location image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc11de09d1bfc0c88/698777cf55a859e79aa850b3/kiwi-jihadi-twitter-account-december-29.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [ISIS](/tag/isis/) ## ISIS Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # New Zealander ISIS Fighter Accidentally Tweets Secret Location  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 1, 2015 4:08 PM CUT  This screenshot shows Mark Taylor's twitter profile before it was suspended. This screenshot shows Mark Taylor's twitter profile before it was suspended.Mark Taylor, also known as Kiwi Jihadi (@M\_Taylor\_Kiwi) via Twitter  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 1, 2015 4:08 PM CUT A New Zealand man [thought](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/01/new-zealander-syria-isis-accidentally-tweets-locations "undefined") to have been fighting with the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) inadvertently revealed his precise location by posting geotagged tweets, a security researcher revealed. Abu Abdul-Rahman, also known as Mark Taylor, left New Zealand to join the fight with ISIS in May 2012\. Soon after, he tweeted that his mission to Syria was a “one-way trip” that featured a picture of his burned passport, the _Guardian_ [reports](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/01/new-zealander-syria-isis-accidentally-tweets-locations "undefined"). Taylor has since deleted 45 tweets after learning that they were geotagged with his precise coordinates. Security researcher Jeff Wyers, who runs an open-source intelligence group called iBrado, used the tweet geo-location information to place Taylor in a specific house in the Syrian town of al-Taqbah. Since he first traveled to Syria, Taylor has reportedly been in touch with the New Zealand passport office to get a replacement travel document but hasn’t heard back. \[[_Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/01/new-zealander-syria-isis-accidentally-tweets-locations "undefined")\] _Read next:_ [_ISIS Executed Almost 2,000 People in Syria Over the Past Six Months_](http://time.com/3648160/islamic-state-isis-isil-executions-syria/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") New Zealander ISIS Fighter Accidentally Tweets Secret Location ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3651559/new-zealand-isis-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3651559/new-zealand-isis-twitter/"},"headline":"New Zealander ISIS Fighter Accidentally Tweets Secret Location","datePublished":"2015-01-01T16:08:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:13:14.952Z","description":"He deleted 45 tweets after learning that they were geotagged","url":"https://time.com/3651559/new-zealand-isis-twitter/","keywords":["ISIS","Syria","twitter","New Zealand","Islamic State"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc11de09d1bfc0c88/698777cf55a859e79aa850b3/kiwi-jihadi-twitter-account-december-29.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc11de09d1bfc0c88/698777cf55a859e79aa850b3/kiwi-jihadi-twitter-account-december-29.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"This screenshot shows Mark Taylor's twitter profile before it was suspended.","caption":"This screenshot shows Mark Taylor's twitter profile before it was suspended.","creditText":"Mark Taylor, also known as Kiwi Jihadi (@M_Taylor_Kiwi) via Twitter","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/isis/","name":"ISIS"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3651559/new-zealand-isis-twitter/","name":"New Zealander ISIS Fighter Accidentally Tweets Secret Location"}}]}] ```