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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 422

Frank Bajak

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event at the Chatham House think tank in London, January 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
February 14, 2024, 3:48 pm
US rivals including Iran, North Korea using generative AI in offensive cyber ops
Microsoft publishes report on instances of those countries, along with Russia and China, using its tech and that of partner OpenAI in attacks
By Frank Bajak
Illustrative: A person holding a smartphone showing the NSO Group Technologies website next to a screen with the company's logo (T. Schneider/Shutterstock.com)
February 1, 2024, 2:59 pm
At least 30 phones of journalists, activists hacked in Jordan with Israeli tech
Forensic probe finds infiltrations were done with NSO’s Pegasus spyware; Jordanian government not named in report, but activists say Amman most likely culprit
By Frank Bajak
Illustrative: The screen of an Israeli-made Unitronics device that was hacked in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, on November 25, 2023. (Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa via AP)
December 2, 2023, 10:17 pm
Iranian cyber attack targets Israeli tech used by several US bodies
Breaches affect Pennsylvania water authority, other utilities and aquarium using device that manages water processes; hackers’ message says Israeli-made equipment ‘a legal target’
By Frank Bajak and Marc Levy
Former Egyptian lawmaker and opposition figure Ahmed Altantawy. (Screenshot: YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 24, 2023, 4:49 am
Researchers discover bid to target top Egyptian opposition figure with spyware
Ahmed Altantawy said targeted with Israeli-linked Predator tool; discovery prompts Apple to rush out OS updates for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches to patch vulnerabilities
By Frank Bajak
A special edition of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo marking one year after the attacks on it, on a newsstand in Paris, January 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
February 3, 2023, 8:39 pm
Iran cyber unit attacked Charlie Hebdo over Khamenei cartoon contest, Microsoft says
State-backed hackers who have targeted Israel publish database of French outlet’s users after it called for caricatures of Iranian supreme leader
By Frank Bajak
US Attorney General Merrick Garland is joined by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Doha Mekki of the Antitrust Division (left), US Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta (second from left) and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Antitrust Division (right), as he speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department to announce a new antitrust lawsuit against Google on January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images via AFP)
January 25, 2023, 4:57 am
US Justice Department sues Google over digital advertising dominance
Amid push to rein in big tech firms, government alleges tech giant looking to ‘neutralize or eliminate’ rivals in online ad marketplace through acquisitions, forced use of products
By Barbara Ortutay, Eric Tucker and Frank Bajak
Ukrainian soldiers launch a drone at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 15, 2022. (LIBKOS/AP)
January 4, 2023, 8:37 am
Drone advances in Ukraine could herald battlefield dawn of autonomous killer robots
Experts warn it’s likely only a matter of time before both sides take relatively small step of deploying even smarter lethal weapons, setting stage for profound change in warfare
By Frank Bajak and HANNA ARHIROVA
In this handout photo provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on September 19, 2021, Palantin-K EW systems are parked during a rehearsal in Voronezh region, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
June 3, 2022, 8:58 pm
They’re jamming everything: How secretive electronic warfare shapes war in Ukraine
Ukrainian intelligence official calls Russian threat ‘pretty severe’ when it comes to disrupting reconnaissance efforts, commanders’ communications with troops
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and Frank Bajak
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
A man is seen through a bullet hole of a machine-gunned bus after an ambush in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
March 5, 2022, 8:26 pm
Ukraine volunteer ‘hacker’ corps fights Russia with cyberattacks, intel and infowar
Hackers’ actions range from taking down official Russian sites, reporting troop locations, and even offering instructions on assembling Molotov cocktails and basic first aid
By Frank Bajak
An employee of Global Cyber Security Company Group-IB develops a computer code in an office in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, October 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
February 24, 2022, 9:53 am
Cyberattacks strike Ukrainian ministries as Russia assaults country
Cybersecurity researchers say attackers infected hundreds of computers with destructive malware; move was expected as accompaniment to Russian military incursion
By Frank Bajak
A logo adorns a wall on a branch of the Israeli NSO Group company, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir, on August 24, 2021. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
January 13, 2022, 7:46 am
Dozens of El Salvador journalists, activists said hacked with Israeli-made spyware
Watchdog says NSO Group’s Pegasus software found on phones which were then surveilled using local infrastructure; government denies involvement despite circumstantial evidence
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and Frank Bajak
Polish Senator Krzysztof Brejza on the night of parliamentary elections, on October 13, 2019. (AP Photo)
December 23, 2021, 8:15 pm
Polish opposition senator hacked with spyware from Israel’s NSO Group
Text messages stolen from Krzysztof Brejza were used in political campaign; he says hacking may have tipped 2019 elections
By Vanessa Gera and Frank Bajak
Polish lawyer Roman Giertych, left, poses for a portrait in Rome, and Polish prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek, right, is photographed in Warsaw, December 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, left, Czarek Czarek Sokolowski)
December 20, 2021, 11:49 pm
Polish opposition duo hacked by Israeli NSO Group’s spyware, watchdog says
Digital sleuths claim lawyer Roman Giertych’s cellphone tapped in final weeks of 2019 election, prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek targeted in 2021 as she challenged gov’t purge of judiciary
By Frank Bajak and Vanessa Gera
Egyptian politician Ayman Nour, a target of commercial military-grade Israeli spyware, speaks during a news conference organized by Muslim Brotherhood for former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi, in Istanbul, on June 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)
December 17, 2021, 9:57 am
Israeli involvement in hacker-for-hire industry highlighted in latest spyware find
Meta announces a flurry of takedowns of accounts affiliated with seven surveillance-for-hire firms that may have affected some 50,000 people in more than 100 countries
By Frank Bajak
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