[ April 23, 2024 ]
The IDF has successfully blocked an attempt by Hamas to strip soldiers via cyberattack of their personal information and of data related to national security.
The attack was aimed at enticing IDF soldiers to download an app generated by Hamas.
The app then would’ve downloaded vicious applicatoins to strip the soldiers of their information.
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In 2017, Israeli intel discovered Hamas engaged in a similar cyberattack attempt:
World Israel News has more:
Cyber terrorists associated with Hamas have been involved with trying to lure IDF soldiers into downloading a Hamas-generated mobile phone app that would give the terror group access to soldiers’ personal information, allow them to retrieve sensitive security information, and remotely install malicious applications that could turn mobile phones into weapons.
In a statement Tuesday, the IDF Spokesman’s Unit announced that the army had launched Operation Broken Heart to combat the threat.
According to the IDF, about 100 soldiers fell for the trap, downloading spyware to various devices, with no damage reported to Israeli security.
In January 2018, a report surfaced about a suspicious figure on Facebook named Lina Kramer, who had a conversation with a soldier on Facebook and later on Whatsapp, listing an Israeli phone number.
But instead of trying to entice the soldier to download a virus through an illegitimate source, the individual asked the soldier to download an app called “GlanceLove.”
“Not long after the first attacker approached us, we’d already begun receiving dozens of reports from soldiers about suspicious figures and apps on social networks,” said Colonel A., the Head of the Information Security Department.
“Upon investigating the reports, we uncovered hostile infrastructure that Hamas tried to use to keep in contact with IDF soldiers and tempt them to download apps that were harmful, and use the soldiers to extract classified information,” he added.
“I got a message on Facebook that looked innocent at first, from someone named Lina Kramer,” added L., an infantry soldier.
“We started talking on Facebook, then we moved to Whatsapp, and then she asked me to download an app called GlanceLove. When I looked at her profile, I saw that it had content, and that she had an Israeli phone number.”
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7 Comments
5 years ago
FB should be banned. If Zuckerberg doesn’t sell your information for PROFIT, then you have these apps. like this getting it. Zukerberg’s entire business model is based on SELLING YOUR INFORMATION to whoever wants it and you have no control over it. If you have FB, shut it down.
5 years ago
It took Israelis to expose truth about Palestinian fakery and Lies and boy was Trump furious when he realised how he had been conned http://bit.ly/2rOmfyJ
ignorance is no bliss when dealing with jihadis
5 years ago
Hamas fails…yet again. XD
5 years ago
Face book is a tool of Islamic terrorism. Do not use it.
5 years ago
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Mahou Shoujo
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5 years ago
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Mahou Shoujo
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