Iranian intelligence attempts to hack Israeli journalists' phones and accounts
Shin Bet, Israel's domestic security agency, said Iranian intelligence is attempting to hack the phones and accounts of Israeli journalists. The attacks were carried out through phishing to obtain information.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Phishing to gather information
- Location
- Israel
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Timeline
- Shin Bet disclosed Iranian intelligence attempts to hack the phones and accounts of Israeli journalists.
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