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Sunday, August 26, 2018
Hundreds of thousands of IDF soldiers’ personal info leaked to marketing firms
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe personal details of hundreds of thousands of army recruits were leaked from IDF servers and sold to outside parties, a report by Israel’s Security’s Authority reveals.
According to Hadashot news, the investigation by the ISA found that soldiers and civilian contractors in the Meitav unit, which handles recruitment administration, accessed the files of thousands of incoming IDF soldiers between 2011 and 2014.
The four suspects hacked the data by developing a computer program that combed the files for the contact information of the recruits and their relatives, which they then sold to marketing companies.
The group carried out the scam undetected for a number of years, but an increasing number of former soldiers and their families began to complain of unsolicited marketing calls, prompting the Justice Department investigation.
The Times of Israel Community.