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Election workers count ballots in Jerusalem on March 25, 2021. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
August 12, 2022, 9:46 pm
Shin Bet said to fear Russian and Iranian interference in upcoming election
Agency launches ‘Operation Defend our Democracy’ to thwart such attacks, is also concerned that Israelis themselves may rile up political discourse due to MKs escalated rhetoric
By ToI Staff
The inside of a computer in Jersey City, New Jersey, February 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
August 2, 2020, 7:15 pm
Ransomware feared as possible threat for US presidential election
Experts see such a cyberattack as realistic probability ahead of November; officials warn that a single employee falling for spearphishing attack could compromise systems
By Eric Tucker, CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and Frank Bajak
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London on July 1, 2020. (Ben Stansall/AFP)
July 16, 2020, 6:02 pm
UK says ‘Russian actors’ likely tried to disrupt 2019 election
Leaked official documents from US-Britain trade talks were used by Labour Party to claim Conservative government planned to sell country’s health service to US companies
By AFP
A man walks past a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, California, November 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
June 5, 2020, 11:56 am
Google: State-backed hackers from Iran, China target Trump and Biden campaigns
Tech company says it sent targeted users a ‘government-backed attack warning,’ found no evidence the phishing attempts were successful
By Frank Bajak
Likud party supporters at an election campaign tour in Jerusalem, September 13, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 1, 2020, 4:20 pm
20 Israelis sue Likud over app breach that led to massive data leak
Plaintiffs say Netanyahu’s party and its Elector application violated their privacy, causing high risk of identity theft
By ToI Staff
Former Mossad director Tamir Pardo participates in the Meir Dagan Conference for Strategy and Defense at the Netanya Academic College, March 21, 2018. (Meir Vaaknin/Flash90)
February 26, 2020, 3:02 pm
Ex-Mossad chief says Likud app leaks as dangerous to Israel as coronavirus
After series of dramatic data mishaps in software used in Netanyahu’s campaign, Tamir Pardo says it poses ‘real security threat,’ endangers IDF, Shin Bet, Mossad members
By ToI Staff
Likud party supporters at an election campaign tour in Jerusalem, September 13, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 23, 2020, 9:32 pm
Likud campaign exposes Israeli voters’ identities, again
Party insists series of dramatic data mishaps caused by ‘criminal attack attempts’ seeking to undermine its electoral prospects; cyber officials investigating
By ToI Staff
Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer, the chairman of the Central Elections Committee, presents the official results of the elections for the 22nd Knesset to President Reuven Rivlin (unseen), at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 7, 2019, 12:54 pm
Elections czar says there was no foreign interference in September elections
Hanan Melcer positively cites Israel’s use of paper ballots rather than computerized system, says anonymous campaign ads on social media went way down after ban
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A cybersecurity expert stands in front of a map of Iran as he speaks to journalists about the techniques of Iranian hacking, on September 20, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)
October 16, 2019, 9:16 am
US conducted cyberattack on Iran following strike on Saudi oil – report
Offensive said to have taken aim at Tehran’s propaganda capabilities, seen as a more limited response than military strike that could escalate into war
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
October 5, 2019, 2:03 am
Iranian hackers reportedly targeted Trump 2020 presidential campaign
Microsoft says attackers breached 4 of its customers’ accounts, went after US government officials, journalists, dissidents
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A cybersecurity expert stands in front of a map of Iran as he speaks to journalists about the techniques of Iranian hacking, on September 20, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)
October 4, 2019, 9:29 pm
Microsoft says Iranian hackers targeted a US presidential campaign
Tech giant declines to identify affected candidate, says owners of 4 breached accounts have been notified
By AP
People cast their votes for US president, November 8, 2016, at Centreville High School, in Centreville, Virginia. (AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards)
September 22, 2019, 8:08 am
Digital threats multiply ahead of 2020 US elections
Next round of elections expected to see more attempts at manipulating voters as well as assaults on aging voting machines, after widespread misinformation on social media in 2016
By Rob Lever
Benny Gantz, head of the Blue and White party, during an elections campaign event in Petah Tikva on March 13, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 29, 2019, 11:31 am
Gantz dismisses Russia hack claim; intel firm says criticism is ‘crude slander’
CGI Group head says company identified unspecified Eastern European actor as behind breach that affected 4 or 5 phones; claims Blue and White sought info on political rivals
By ToI Staff
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz speaks to reporters at the Knesset as his party submits its electoral slate to the Central Elections Committee on August 1, 2019. (Flash90)
August 28, 2019, 11:25 pm
Firm hired by Blue and White said to uncover major Russian hack of Gantz, aides
But centrist party rebuts claim of massive breach targeting staff as ‘utter lie,’ says CGI Group’s CEO leaked it to the media to pressure the campaign to pay its bill
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu party at the Knesset on June 18, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 7, 2019, 4:33 pm
Yisrael Beytenu says member data was stolen in alleged hack
Right-wing party files a police complaint, suspects a former employee is responsible for June breach
By ToI Staff
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