Phones of 2 Likud MKs undergoing security checks after apparent hack

The private phones of Likud MKs Tally Gotliv and Moshe Saada have been hacked, according to Hebrew media reports. The two lawmakers reportedly contacted the Knesset security officer today regarding the incident.

Both confirm to the Times of Israel that their phones were undergoing security checks.

“My condolences to whoever tried — and succeeded — in hacking into my phone,” Tally Gotliv says to The Times of Israel.

She adds that she is unconcerned about what the hackers might have found.

“There is nothing interesting on my phone,” she says. Only a mentally unstable person would leave valuable information on their phone, so I’m not worried about it.”

At the same time, Gotliv says that she’s strengthened her password protection to prevent future breaches.

Saada likewise confirms that his phone is undergoing a security check. He says he does not know whether it was hacked.

The reports come a week after an Iran-linked hacker group claimed that it had hacked the phone of former prime minister Naftali Bennett. Bennett’s office acknowledged that while his cellphone itself was not hacked, unauthorized access was gained to his Telegram account.

Images, contacts and other information claimed by the group to have been obtained from Bennett’s phone were published on a website alleged to be run by the Handala hacker group, and a link to download what it claimed was his list of phone contacts was shared by the account @Handala_Red on X.