After Iran Steals Sensitive Israeli Data, Israel Tries to Censor the Internet
Anti-Israel hackers stole troves of sensitive Israeli data and are now publishing gigabytes of secret and classified information. Unable to stop the hacks, Israel is waging a futile war to against the leaks
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A redacted request for a gag order by the government over hacked materials.
A redacted request for a gag order by the government over hacked materials.
Omer Benjakob
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Aug 21, 2024
A few months ago, foreign hackers managed to break into a computer linked to Israel's Justice Ministry. Tens of thousands of classified files and sensitive emails were leaked. Links allowing anyone to download the breached files were published on Telegram, the popular instant messaging app.
However, they soon began to disappear. One by one, the hacker's Telegram channels were taken down, their users deleted and posts that shared the download links gone.
Since October 7, Israel has faced an unprecedented onslaught of cyber-attacks: accounts of officials and key figures from Israel's security establishment, servers of private firms, military and defense contractors, municipalities, hospitals and even government ministries and key bodies they interact with were all targeted, if not successfully hacked, in a seemingly endless string of attacks, the full extent of which has not yet been made public.
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