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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

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the prime minister's official residence in Jerusalem on June 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

From the WebJuly 1, 2021, 11:00 am

An Iranian disinformation campaign was behind an anti-Netanyahu Telegram group

Iranian agents infiltrated small Israeli messaging groups, escaping the notice of social media giants and authorities, the New York Times reports

Screen capture of a Malaysian website annoucing the hack of a database containing the details of hundreds of thousands of Israeli students in higher education institutues. (DragaonForce)

June 27, 2021, 7:02 pm

Pro-Palestinian hackers steal info on hundreds of thousands of Israeli students

Malaysian hacking group calling itself DragonForce distributes information on Telegram app, including names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses

By Stuart Winer

In this January 6, 2021, photo, Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

February 23, 2021, 3:59 pm

Extremists turn elsewhere after social media giants’ crackdown

Vaccine conspiracy movements, militia groups, white supremacists and Trump supporters seek refuge in unregulated platforms; Twitter purges 70,000 accounts

By Julie JAMMOT

An advertisement from WhatsApp is seen in a newspaper at a stall in New Delhi on January 13, 2021. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP)

January 13, 2021, 11:32 am

WhatsApp stresses privacy as users flock to rivals

Facebook-owned messaging app denies new terms of service will make it less secure: ‘We can’t see your private messages or hear your calls’

By AFP

The offices of Shirbit insurance company, December 4, 2020 (Screen grab/Kan)

December 5, 2020, 1:58 pm

Hackers release more private documents as Israeli insurer refuses to pay ransom

Cybercriminals publish sensitive data as second deadline passes; hackers deny company’s insinuation of anti-Israel rather than financial motive for attack

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Hacker using laptop on abstract binary code map background. (Peshkov/ iStock, by Getty Images)

December 4, 2020, 3:12 pm

‘Be a mensch’: Hackers leak negotiation texts as Israeli insurer refuses ransom

Cybercriminals release sensitive data as Shirbit laments ‘terrorism,’ claims attack is meant to cause strategic harm with no financial motive; talks appear to show otherwise

By TOI staff

Morad Hassan (left) and Yoel Rozenkier play two men meeting on a dating app in 'Borders,' a play that went virtual during the coronavirus (Courtesy Nimrod Danishman)

October 14, 2020, 12:09 pm

A play about gay men on Grindr goes virtual during COVID-19

‘Borders,’ Nimrod Danishman’s production about an Israeli-Lebanese couple, is adapted for the phone app Telegram this week

By Jessica Steinberg

The victims of the distribution of nude photos in Telegram groups include women of all ages and from all walks of life (Archive photo: Flash90)

June 16, 2020, 10:30 pm

Police arrest suspects accused of sharing nude photos of celebrities, minors

Thousands believed to have accessed photographs on Telegram app; minors among the hundreds of female victims

By TOI staff

Workers inside a building at Tel HaShomer Hospital which was converted to receive Israelis who were under quarantine on the cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan due to the spread of the coronavirus, February 20, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

March 17, 2020, 7:42 pm

Officials step up Arabic-language virus news, though Hebrew info more detailed

Several Joint List members demanded last week that authorities make information more accessible in Arabic; firm in charge says it translates info ‘important’ to Arab public

By Adam Rasgon

'My world came crashing down,' says one of the victims who found out that nude photos of her were posted on Telegram without her consent. (Illustration: iStock)

December 21, 2019, 1:10 pm

‘It feels like rape’: Hacked nude photos distributed as porn on messaging app

Israeli authorities fail to stem the growing number of female victims whose intimate photos are posted on Telegram without their consent, leaving women to fend for themselves

By Anabel Zamir

Illustrative: The messaging app Telegram is displayed on a smartphone (AP Photo)

November 6, 2019, 11:10 pm

12 arrested in ‘revenge porn’ crackdown after sharing nude photos on Telegram

Police believe suspects shared content with thousands of users without knowledge or consent of the women

By TOI staff

September 20, 2019, 11:57 pm

Suspected US neo-Nazis compiling names of Jews on Telegram app

List said to include both prominent and lesser known Jewish people who have criticized white supremacism, misogyny

By Cnaan Liphshiz

The IDF's new Farsi Twitter account, August 28, 2019 (screenshot)

August 28, 2019, 10:53 pm

IDF’s new Persian social media accounts gain thousands of followers in days

Army says new Farsi presence on Twitter, Instagram, Telegram will enable Iranians ‘to see for themselves that they are not the enemy; the oppressive Iranian regime is’

By AFP and TOI staff

Telegrass founder Amos Dov Silver speaks in an interview with the Kan public broadcaster aired on July 20, 2019, from where he was being held under arrest in Ukraine. (Screen capture: YouTube)

August 18, 2019, 6:50 am

Weed kingpin lands in Israel after failed Ukraine escape

Telegrass founder Amos Dov Silver extradited after attempt to flee goes up in smoke; will face charges related to founding and running marijuana marketplace

By TOI staff and AFP