Iranian hackers claim to have accessed classified government sites, databases; Israel Police: ‘No hack or leak’

Iranian hacker group claims to have gained access to several classified government sites and databases containing classified information including personal details of police personnel, sex offender registries, weapons licenses as well as medical and psychological profiles of soldiers and other security personnel, Channel 12 news reports.

The report says several documents were published online.

Channel 12 adds that the hackers claim to have downloaded 2.1 terabytes of classified information from Israel Police databases, and are threatening to publish more documents online.

But after the report, the Israel Police responds that an initial investigation into the alleged hack shows there is “no indication that there had been a hack or a leak of sensitive information.”

“The Israel Police operates advanced security measures and is constantly working to strengthen its defense systems, using the world’s leading technologies in the field of cybersecurity,” police say.