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WhatsApp sues Israeli firm for allegedly helping governments hack user accounts

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The mobile messaging mobile application WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group on Tuesday for allegedly helping governments hack into the phones of some 1,400 users around the world,...
Microsoft Israel building in Haifa. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Microsoft: Iran sought to hack US presidential campaign

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An apparent Iranian government-linked hacking group unsuccessfully attempted to interfere in a U.S. presidential campaign over a 30-day span between August and September, according to Microsoft on Friday. The company didn’t specify which campaign was...
Miki from Spain performs during a rehearsal ahead of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv on May 13, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Hackers interrupt Eurovision broadcast with fake missile warning from Israeli military

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Hackers interrupted the Eurovision Song Contest broadcast on the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (Kan) website Tuesday, streaming a fake Israel Defense Forces’ video message warning all viewers near the contest venue to immediately seek...
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum in 2015. Credit: Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation.

Report: Former Israeli prime minister Barak’s phone data accessed by Iran

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Less than a week after Hadashot 12 reported that Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz had his phone hacked by Iran, a similar report emerged on Sunday. According to the “Uvda” investigative news program,...
A Palestinian youth wearing masks used by computer hackers who attacked a number of Israeli websites recently, seen backdropped by the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, April 8, 2013. Photo by Sliman Khader/Flash90.

Million-plus Israeli websites target of ransomware hack

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A massive hacking attempt to infest more than a million Israeli websites with ransomware that would lock administrators out until they agreed to pay was thwarted over Shabbat, though many pages were defaced with...