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Screen capture of details about the Israel voter registry that were available via a security breach on a Shas party website, October 2022. (Ran Bar-Zik. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 31, 2022, 1:57 pm
Entire voter registry exposed again, this time in Shas party security breach
Addresses, phone numbers, family connections all accessible; Privacy Authority was aware of issue a while ago; Shas says it took swift action to plug unauthorized access
By ToI Staff
Likud supporters at Likud party headquarters in Jerusalem on elections night, March 23, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 28, 2022, 1:51 pm
Likud site makes identities of party members public; feature is shut down
A user-friendly interface allowed anyone to type in a name and see whether they were a Likud member; feature was available for several days
By ToI Staff
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
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
Illustrative: A man typing on a computer keyboard, January 24, 2017. (Flash90)
February 11, 2020, 10:14 am
Privacy authority launches probe following vast Likud leak of voter details
Justice Ministry officials visit offices of company that built app from which details of the entire voter registry leaked
By ToI Staff
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