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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

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Illustrative: Icons of Facebook and WhatsApp are pictured on an iPhone. (AP/Martin Meissner)
June 9, 2025, 9:11 pm
Italy, Israeli spyware firm cut ties after Rome accused of hacking critics’ phones
Italian parliamentary committee says government used Paragon spyware with permission of prosecutors to counter illegal immigration, alleged terrorism, criminal activities
By Giuseppe Fonte and Alvise ARMELLINI
Illustrative: Hacker using laptop on abstract binary code map background. (Peshkov/ iStock, by Getty Images)
April 16, 2025, 12:44 am
US lawyer says UK intel firm paid Israeli hacker to target him during court battle
Daniel Feldman says Vantage Intelligence hired Aviram Azari, convicted in an earlier hacking case, to intercept private conversations with his lawyer, tipping trial in opponents’ favor
By Raphael Satter
Illustrative: A woman works out at a gym in Jerusalem (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
January 29, 2025, 7:29 pm
City of Yavne rocked by online clips of multiple women having sex with trainer at gym
Police open probe into how apparently hacked CCTV footage was obtained, distributed; scandal has ‘destroyed entire families’ as residents identify people they know in the footage
By Stuart Winer
President Isaac Herzog hosts a Sukkot event for the public at his official residence in Jerusalem, October 3, 2023. (Chaim Goldbergl/Flash90)
October 5, 2023, 5:08 pm
Herzog says his Telegram account hacked by scammers
President’s office says no data stolen in breach, attributed to criminal enterprise rather than foreign adversary; hack ‘being dealt with’ by Shin Bet
By ToI Staff
The Eitanim center on July 4, 2004 (Flash90)
September 19, 2023, 2:34 pm
Psychiatric hospital near Jerusalem hit by suspected cyberattack
Staff at Eitanim switch to manual operations, while doctors continue medical treatment undisrupted
By ToI Staff
An air raid alert is broadcast in Russia, triggered by hackers according to officials, February 28, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 28, 2023, 2:42 pm
Russia says hackers set off false air raid alerts on TV, radio
Warnings broadcast in Belgorod, Voronezh regions near Ukraine, and annexed Crimea; similar cyberattack triggered sirens last week
By AFP
The Twitter logo is seen on the awning of the building that houses the Twitter office in New York, October 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
January 7, 2023, 5:47 am
Israeli researcher reports leak of 235m email addresses linked to Twitter accounts
Alon Gal warns exposure of personal emails obtained in hack ‘will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxing’
By Barbara Ortutay
In this October 8, 2019 file photo, a woman types on a keyboard in New York. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
November 8, 2022, 10:56 am
North Korean hacker attack on Israeli crypto firm said thwarted
Report says money would have been used to fund sanctioned state’s nuclear program; attack on unnamed company reportedly utilized ‘unfamiliar tools’
By ToI Staff and 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
A July 4, 2022, report on the Iranian Tasnim news agency about a cyberattack on the "Israel Metro." (Screen capture/Twitter)
July 4, 2022, 6:59 pm
Israeli light rail company hit in cyberattack amid Iranian reports of ‘metro hack’
Denial of service, said to cause no lasting damage, is latest apparent salvo in Israel-Iran cyberwar
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)
July 1, 2022, 3:57 pm
Info of over 300,000 Israelis leaked as Iranian hackers target travel booking sites
Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority seizes servers of Gol Tours LTD, which operates the affected websites, after claiming owner failed to cooperate and address security breach
By Tobias Siegal
An illustrative photo of a person typing on a keyboard as part of a cyber breach. (Techa Tungateja; iStock by Getty Images)
May 9, 2022, 6:05 pm
US-Israeli cyber firm uncovers ‘massive’ Chinese-backed industrial espionage ring
Cybereason says group is ‘one of the most prolific and industrious’ in cyber threat landscape, targeted dozens of tech and manufacturing companies on 3 continents
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative. Malware, ransomware attack by a hacker. (solarseven; iStock by Getty Images)
April 25, 2022, 11:25 am
Iran state TV says authorities foiled massive cyberattacks on public services
Report claims over 100 agencies were targeted in recent days, but does not say which organizations and agencies came under attack
By AP
A Catalonia independence supporter wearing the Estelada flag stamped on his t-shirt chants against the Spanish State outside the Catalan government's Generalitat building in Barcelona, Spain, October 30, 2017. (AP/ Gonzalo Arroyo/ File)
April 24, 2022, 7:18 pm
Spain vows transparency in probe of Pegasus spyware use against Catalan separatists
Toronto-based Citizen Lab says Israeli-made software detected in devices of 65 people, including elected officials, activists, lawyers, European lawmakers and others
By Aritz Parra
A woman walks with a power plant in the background, in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, on March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
April 12, 2022, 10:16 pm
Ukraine says it thwarted ‘serious’ Russian hack against its power grid
Kyiv says millions would have been left without electricity had attack been successful; officials say operation was weeks in the making and launched ahead of Moscow’s invasion
By Frank Bajak
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