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Ali AlAhmed poses for a photograph in his office Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Washington (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
November 9, 2018, 11:08 am
Fake journalists impersonated Khashoggi and BBC, tried to hack Saudi critic
Ali AlAhmed believes Riyadh is behind repeated, elaborate attempts to gain access to his private information through deception and cyberespionage
By Raphael Satter
File: An Iranian worker at the Uranium Conversion Facility at Isfahan, 410 kilometers south of Tehran, January 2014. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 5, 2018, 2:34 pm
Iran claims to thwart Stuxnet-style Israeli cyberattack
Information minister says a regime with ‘a record of using cyber weapons’ attempted to damage communication infrastructure but ‘returned empty-handed’
By TOI staff and AFP
Yahoo Headquarters (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
October 24, 2018, 8:50 am
Yahoo to pay $50m, other costs to millions of Israeli and US hacking victims
Technology giant also offers to fund two years of free credit-monitoring services for those who were impacted by security breach
By Michael Liedtke
Illustrative image of messaging with WhatsApp (CC BY-SA Santeri Viinamäki, Wikimedia commons)
October 3, 2018, 1:23 pm
Israelis’ WhatsApp accounts said hacked due to security loophole
National Cyber Directorate doesn’t detail extent of damage done; recommends users change their phones’ default voicemail password
By TOI staff
Alister Shepherd, the director of a subsidiary of the cybersecurity firm FireEye, gestures during a presentation about the APT33 hacking group, which his firm suspects are Iranian government-aligned hackers, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on September 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
September 20, 2018, 8:57 am
Cybersecurity firm warns of more Iranian hacking as US sanctions loom
FireEye says government-aligned group in Iran targeted Middle East energy firms before first round of American sanctions took effect this summer
By Jon Gambrell
This photo from August 25, 2016, shows the logo of the Israeli NSO Group company on a building in Herzliya, Israel. (AP Photo/Daniella Cheslow)
September 1, 2018, 6:06 am
Lawsuit lays bare use of Israel-made hacking tools in Mideast, Mexico
Qatari journalist who alleges his phone was hacked using software from NSO Group says he hopes suit will lead to restrictions on trade of such technology
By Raphael Satter
In this file photo from January 18, 2011, Iranians work in an internet cafe in central Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
August 24, 2018, 12:00 am
Google blocks accounts in ‘influence operation’ linked to Iran
Move by tech giant comes a day after Facebook and Twitter announced shuttering of pages tied to Iranian misinformation campaign
By AFP
The headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is seen in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2018, after reports indicated that the DNC notified the FBI of an attempt by hackers to infiltrate the organization's voter database. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)
August 23, 2018, 12:43 am
DNC says it thwarted hacking attempt on its voter database
Democrats’ top body says no information on voters was compromised, still unclear who was behind attempted hack
By Bill Barrow
An illustrative photograph of an IDF soldiers using a smartphone. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 15, 2018, 3:57 pm
After Facebook, Hamas turns to Instagram to lure IDF soldiers, army says
Military uncovers alleged plot to get troops to download spyware onto their phones, giving the Gaza-based terror group control over their cameras, audio recorders and location data
By Judah Ari Gross, TOI staff and Agencies
Israel's newest three F-35 stealth fighter jets on their way to Israel in April 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 5, 2018, 11:39 pm
UK F-35 secrets said leaked after Tinder account hacked
Royal Air Force says ‘fortunately little information disclosed’ to unnamed third party seeking info on stealth jets; Israel has at least a dozen of them
By TOI staff
This combination of images provided by Facebook shows examples of one of the suspicious accounts the social networking site discovered on its platform that it says is possibly linked to Russia with the intention of influencing US politics (Courtesy of Facebook via AP)
August 2, 2018, 4:31 am
Anti-racism protesters cry foul after Facebook shuts them down
Organizers putting together counter-demonstration against Washington white supremacist march say social media giant censored them unfairly, deny possible link to Russian troll farm
By Michael Kunzelman
Illustrative: A hacker in action. (BeeBright; iStock by Getty Images)
July 6, 2018, 11:45 am
Lebanon said hit by largest hack in its history
Lebanese hackers reportedly steal vast amount of data from government, corporations, and even security forces, then sell it to unknown parties
By TOI staff
A Facebook profile said by the IDF to be fake and part of a Hamas effort to target soldiers with spyware. (IDF)
July 3, 2018, 8:03 pm
Hamas uses fake Facebook friends to dupe 100 soldiers into downloading spyware
Military intelligence officers say no damage to security after soldiers fall for terror group cyberplot, sign up for fake World Cup and dating apps
By TOI staff and Agencies
The logo of the 2018 World Cup is seen in front of the Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, June 10, 2018. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images via JTA)
June 13, 2018, 3:45 pm
Fearing hackers, US tells World Cup tourists to leave phones at home
Laptops also at risk, warns the FBI: ‘If you can do without the device, don’t take it’
By TOI staff
US President Donald Trump's Chief of Staff John Kelly attends a briefing at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters, in Washington, June 6, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
June 12, 2018, 7:07 am
Email confirms White House chief of staff was previous victim of hacking
Buzzfeed obtains communication sent by John Kelly when he served at Homeland Security in which he admits one of his personal accounts was breached
By Stuart Winer
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