Details about Mossad head David Barnea’s personal life were purportedly published on Telegram by an account belonging to an anonymous individual, Hebrew-language media report.
The channel publishes videos in Hebrew, English, and Arabic showing Barnea’s home from the air, plane tickets his family purchased in 2014, tax documents, and a video of him making silly faces, apparently during a private video chat.
A clip of David Barnea from a video showing a reported hack of his personal device. (Screenshot/Channel 13)
Media reports assert the info was stolen and posted by Iranian hackers, but offer no evidence for the claim.
According to Walla news, the Telegram channel that posted the videos was set up this week and only has 30 followers. Kan reports that the video was also posted by Iran’s Nour News.
In a statement carried by several news outlets, the Mossad says the info presented is “old and not from the Mossad head’s phone.”
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