Iran hacked a phone belonging to former justice minister Ayelet Shaked during the Islamic Republic’s 12-day war in June, Hebrew media outlets report, as part of Tehran’s ongoing effort to spy on and hack current and former Israeli officials.
Iran tried several times to hack the former Yamina party leader’s phone, and succeeded in getting her to click a link that allowed access to her phone, Channel 12 news reports, without citing a source. The Shin Bet informed her of the hack about two weeks later.
The Ynet news site, citing unnamed associates of Shaked, says the hack only compromised Shaked’s Telegram account, which contained nothing of interest.
Around 2016, former Shin Bet head Nadav Argaman reportedly warned Shaked, who was then justice minister, that Iran was spying on her.
Iran is also trying to spy on other officials, including ministers’ aides, and today the Shin Bet sent new protocols to officials not to click on unknown links and other practices, Channel 12 reports.
Shaked left political life in 2022.
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