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View of the Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh), on January 30, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
October 22, 2025, 5:02 pm
Israel says Iran was behind Yom Kippur cyberattack on hospital
Attack initially blamed on Eastern European hacker group was part of wider Iranian effort to infiltrate Israeli computer systems, warns National Cyber Directorate
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of hacking, hackers, ransomware and a cybersecurity attack. (solarseven; iStock by Getty Images)
June 3, 2025, 1:57 pm
Germany says anti-Israel and pro-Russia hackers are its biggest cybercrime threats
Damage from cyberattacks, most of them on public and federal institutions, cost a record $204 billion last year, Berlin says
By Reuters
Israel's delegation with Israel's flag bearers Peter Paltchik (2R) and Andrea Murez (R) sails on a boat during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Damien Meyer/AFP)
July 28, 2024, 5:30 am
French cybercrimes team called in after Israeli athletes’ data leaked online
In latest threat to Israel’s Olympic delegation, information including blood test results and login credentials posted online late last week by hacking group calling itself ‘Zeus’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative. Cybersecurity protection. (Thinkhubstudio via iStock by Getty Images)
May 3, 2024, 4:12 pm
As Iranian hackers grow more skilled, Israel builds ‘cyber dome’ to protect itself
Jerusalem working with international allies to build consolidated defenses in cyberspace; Tehran said to have launched more than 800 significant cyberattacks on Israel since Oct. 7
By AFP and ToI Staff
A 2017 ad recruiting employees for Envirotech in Tbilisi, one of the call centers run by the GetFinancial Group. The ad says "Highest salary in Georgia" (Facebook screenshot)
July 3, 2023, 1:38 pm
German prosecutors take aim at Israelis behind 77 million euro fraud ring
Three Israelis and two others given jail terms; extradition requested for remaining suspects in Israel of ‘GetFinancial Group’
By Simona Weinglass
Gery Shalon, suspected of being involved in several fraud schemes tied to the NYSE and a massive data breach at JPMorgan Chase & Co., seen at the Jerusalem Magistrates' Court, July 22, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 29, 2023, 9:47 pm
Israeli behind massive JPMorgan hack has moved to country, his father says
Georgian politician Shota Shalelashvil says his son left the US after being released in 2021, but plans to go back to America as his ‘skills are too big for Israel’
By ToI Staff
A man walks past a Medibank branch in Sydney, October 26, 2022. (Rick Rycroft/AP)
October 26, 2022, 8:00 am
Australia admits cyber defenses ‘inadequate’ as medical records of millions hacked
Medibank private health insurer says 3.9 million customer files ransomed by hackers; amid spate of recent incidents, home affairs minister warns damage ‘potentially irreparable’
By AFP
An illustrative photo of a person typing on a keyboard as part of a cyber breach. (Techa Tungateja; iStock by Getty Images)
October 20, 2022, 1:58 pm
Israeli cyber intel firm shines bright light on new, shadowy cybercrime collective
Petah Tikva-based Cyberint dives deep into the unusual set-up and modus operandi of a successful group of cyber-mercenaries
By Ethan Freedman
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao answers a question during a Zoom meeting interview with The Associated Press on November 16, 2021. (AP Photo, File)
October 8, 2022, 8:10 pm
Scammers make off with $100 million from world’s largest crypto exchange
Binance says $580 million stolen, but that it managed to freeze most of the amount and limit losses; company’s chief insists ‘your funds are safe’
By AFP
Idan Mikhailov, convicted of distributing sexual images and videos of more than 130 women, including 30 minors, on paid Telegram channels he managed, arrives for a court hearing at the Beersheba Magistrate's Court, September 7, 2022. (Flash90)
September 7, 2022, 2:41 pm
In precedent, man gets 5 years for trading in intimate photos of 130 women, girls
Idan Mikhailov, 22, handed Israel’s highest sentence for such a crime; he operated paid Telegram channels, published identities and contact details of victims, including 30 minors
By Michael Bachner
Screen capture from an Israel Police video showing images and videos of hundreds of naked women and minors that were allegedly traded by a suspect on the Telegram app without their knowledge, October 2021. (Israel Police)
October 11, 2021, 6:51 pm
Man arrested for selling images of naked women, girls online without consent
Suspect, 21, accused of trading media featuring hundreds of victims, including dozens of minors, on Telegram
By Stuart Winer
The website of the Telegram messaging app is seen on a computer screen in Moscow, Russia. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
July 5, 2021, 2:38 pm
4 arrested for selling nude images, videos of women, teens without their consent
Victims include female minors and celebrities; police say they used technology to overcome anonymizing on Telegram, Discord platforms; one of the suspects is an IDF soldier
By ToI Staff
Mourners walk in a funeral procession with the body of Palestinian Authority critic Nizar Banat, who died shortly after being arrested by the PA a day before in Hebron on June 25, 2021 (Photo by MOSAB SHAWER/AFP)
June 25, 2021, 3:26 pm
‘Get out Abbas’: Thousands protest at funeral of activist who died in PA custody
Palestinians pack into Hebron mosque to pay last respects to Nizar Banat, a social media activist who died after ‘vicious beating’ during arrest by Palestinian security services
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian activist Issa Amro arrives for a hearing at the Ofer military court on July 9, 2017, in the town of Betunia, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
June 22, 2021, 7:47 pm
Hebron activist says he was arrested by PA over online criticism
Issa Amro, who has been tried in both Israeli and Palestinian courts, says he was accused of cybercrime for calling out alleged corruption in the Palestinian Authority
By Aaron Boxerman
[Illustrative] Kosovo police officers wait at the Jarinje border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo, Kosovo, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)
April 18, 2021, 12:55 pm
German police raid call centers allegedly running Israel-linked investment scams
Police have arrested 23 suspects in Kosovo, Bulgaria and Berlin who allegedly operated fraudulent forex, CFD and crypto websites
By Simona Weinglass
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