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Iranian hackers break into Mossad head’s wife’s phone

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Published: 18 March 2022

Last updated: 4 March 2024

In separate incident, photos and personal documents were leaked in revenge for attack last month, blamed on Israel, that multiple Iranian drones on Iranian land

Mossad head's personal files, photos leaked by Iran-linked Telegram group (Jerusalem Post)
A video released claims the documents and photos shown are a product of an extensive surveillance campaign targeting Mossad head David Barnea

Hackers break into phone of Mossad head’s wife in apparent Iranian ‘revenge’ (Haaretz)
As far as is known, Mossad chief David Barnea's phone and personal devices, which are encrypted and secured, were not hacked

Spy vs spy, drone vs cyberattack: Israel and Iran’s war is raging (Haaretz)
The destruction of hundreds of Iranian drones, a cyberattack on Israeli sites and maybe even a strange Las Vegas stabbing are just the latest examples of the Israel-Iranian proxy wars

Israeli government websites go offline in suspected Iranian cyberattack (Ynet)
Cybersecurity experts say no risk of sensitive information leaking, harm to infrastructure as services restored; Tehran claims thwarted Mossad plot to sabotage nuclear facility shortly after attack

Hundreds of Iranian drones destroyed in Israel-attributed attack last month (Haaretz)
Six Israeli drones struck a base in western Iran, reports say, in what may have been the motive for Tehran's Saturday night missile strike on Irbil

Cyberattack against Israeli sites follows reports of failed Mossad op against Iran (Jerusalem Post)
Cyberattacks against Israeli government websites are possibly retaliation for an alleged failed Mossad operation

Photo: Dado Ruvic (Reuters)

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