Israeli soldiers tricked into installing malware by Hamas
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Tech Radar
Dozens of Israeli soldiers have fallen victim to a hacking scheme orchestrated by the Hamas militant group which infected their smartphones with malware.
A spokesperson for Israel's military revealed that the soldiers were sent fake photos of young women in an effort to lure them to download an app that could access their devices without their knowledge.
Thankfully though, there was no “significant breach of information” before the scam was discovered. According to Israel's Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, this was the third attempt in recent years by Hamas to infiltrate the smartphones of Israeli soldiers and it was also the most sophisticated yet.
