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Passengers disembark at the Wilshire/La Cienega station during the opening of the Metro D Line subway extension in Los Angeles on May 8, 2026. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP)
May 26, 2026, 2:30 pm
Iranian hackers behind March’s LA transit system breach, Israeli researchers say
Digital security specialists have suspected an Iranian hand in the hack since responsibility was claimed by an obscure pro-Iran outfit calling itself Ababil of Minab
By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens
A local resident collects the ballot papers upon arrival at a polling station to cast their ballot during the first round of France's 2026 municipal elections in Marseille, southern France, on March 15, 2026. (Elodie CLEMENT / AFP)
May 13, 2026, 8:00 pm
France probing if shadowy Israeli firm BlackCore meddled in municipal elections: sources
Intelligence agencies said looking at campaign to smear three candidates for hard-left Unbowed party with deceptive websites and social media accounts alleging criminal behavior
By Gabriel Stargardter and Raphael Satter
Illustrative: A person types on a laptop keyboard, June 19, 2017. (AP/Elise Amendola/File)
December 31, 2025, 6:48 am
Trump administration drops sanctions on executives tied to Israeli spyware firm
US Treasury Department says the three executives ‘demonstrated measures to separate themselves from Intellexa,’ which is known for its ‘Predator’ hacking software
By Raphael Satter
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
The smartphone apps DeepSeek page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, January 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
January 30, 2025, 6:41 am
Sensitive data from DeepSeek exposed to web, warns Israeli-founded cyber firm
Wiz CTO says the Chinese AI startup quickly secured the breach ‘but this was so simple to find we believe we’re not the only ones who found it’
By Raphael Satter
Passengers walk at Heathrow Airport, in London, May 27, 2023. (AP/Kin Cheung)
May 10, 2024, 8:01 am
Israeli PI mistakenly freed by UK after arrest over alleged hack-for-hire scheme
Amit Forlit’s whereabouts unknown after procedural issue leads to no-show at court hearing; private eye accused of being paid to gather information about Argentinian debt crisis
By Raphael Satter
Ali AlAhmed poses for a photograph in his office Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Washington (AP /Alex Brandon)
May 14, 2019, 9:20 am
Iran-linked disinformation effort had a personal touch
Fake female accounts used to lure men into spreading phony stories, including claim that former defense minister Liberman was Russian spy
By Raphael Satter
Keir Giles, a Russia specialist with Britain’s Chatham House think tank, poses for a photo in central London on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
April 17, 2019, 8:09 pm
Israeli firm Black Cube denies link to spy targeting Kaspersky Lab critics
Man identifying himself as Lucas Lambert has been meeting with cybersecurity experts, in an operation resembling one by a so-called Michel Lambert, outed as an Israeli ex-spy
By Raphael Satter
A man who identified himself as Michel Lambert but whose real name is Aharon Almog Assoulin and was linked in investigations by Channel 12's Uvda program and AP with an alleged undercover operation targeting critics of the Israeli tech firm NSO Group, seen in a screen capture from AP video footage. (AP Photo/Joseph Frederick)
February 28, 2019, 4:46 am
Court filing links exposed spy to Israel’s Black Cube
Canadian attorney says he appears to have been targeted by a recently unmasked undercover operative, drawing line between the man and the private intelligence firm
By Raphael Satter and Aron Heller
A man who identified himself as Michel Lambert but whose real name is Aharon Almog Assoulin and was linked in investigations by Channel 12's Uvda program and AP with an alleged undercover operation targeting critics of the Israeli tech firm NSO Group, seen in a screen capture from AP video footage. (AP Photo/Joseph Frederick)
February 11, 2019, 9:52 am
Exposed Israeli spy linked to apparent effort by NSO Group to derail lawsuits
AP investigation uncovers alleged sprawling undercover bid by Israeli firm, which is under fire for its spyware sales to foreign governments
By Raphael Satter
John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at the Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog group, holds his cell phone which has its camera blocked by an adhesive sticker, as he poses for a photograph on Jan. 17, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
January 26, 2019, 3:28 am
Researchers who found Israeli link to Khashoggi murder face ‘sinister’ targeting
Men posing as investors lured Citizen Lab employees into meetings to quiz them on the cyber watchdog’s recent exposés regarding Israeli surveillance software firm NSO Group
By Raphael Satter
French riot police take position in front of "yellow vest" protesters on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, on December 15, 2018. (Valery Hache/AFP)
December 15, 2018, 12:02 pm
Heavy police presence in Paris ahead of ‘yellow vest’ protests
Shops along the iconic Champs-Elysees board up windows after last week’s demonstrations included extensive looting and vandalism; 8,000 police officers deployed in French capital
By Raphael Satter
Illustrative image of a hacker.(Shutterstock)
December 13, 2018, 2:30 pm
Iranian hackers go after nuclear workers, US officials and think tanks
AP investigation unearths ongoing attempts from within Iran to target diverse groups, from Arab scientists to US defense contractors to Iranian environmentalists
By Raphael Satter
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
In this image released on October 4, 2018, hacking equipment belonging to four Russian officers of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, GRU, is seen on April 13, 2018. (Dutch Defense Ministry via AP)
October 4, 2018, 5:46 pm
US indicts 7 Russian spies over hacking as West blasts Moscow cybercrimes
Justice Department accuses GRU officers of breaching anti-doping agencies, Pennsylvania nuclear energy company, and chemical weapons investigator
By Gregory Katz, Raphael Satter and LORNE COOK
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