2023-02-15
SCOOP: We went undercover & discovered a secret disinformation-for-hire group called Team Jorge selling election interference, hack-and-leak & influence as a service. They claim to have meddled in 33 elections THREAD #TeamJorge @FredMetzo @GurMegiddo https://www.haaretz.com/...
The Guardian
An investigation exposes “Team Jorge”, an Israeli hacking and social media disinformation unit for hire claiming covert involvement in 33 presidential elections
- Group sells hacking services and access to vast army of fake social media profiles — Evidence unit behind disinformation campaigns across world
2022-12-27
SCOOP Meet Toka, an Israeli camera hacking firm set up by former PM Ehud Barak and the IDF's ex-cyber chief. It sells only to intel bodies and law enforcement and allows them to “access” and “alter” camera feeds https://www.haaretz.com/...
Haaretz
A look at Tel Aviv-based Toka, which helps governments, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement hack security cameras to alter live feeds and past recordings
Toka's tech can alter live & recorded videos without leaving any telltale signs of a hack. Human rights lawyer @asapir says “These are capabilities that were previously unimaginable. This is a dystopian technology from a human rights perspective” https://www.haaretz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Haaretz
A look at Tel Aviv-based Toka, which helps governments, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement hack security cameras to alter live feeds and past recordings
2022-12-26
Toka's tech can alter live & recorded videos without leaving any telltale signs of a hack. Human rights lawyer @asapir says “These are capabilities that were previously unimaginable. This is a dystopian technology from a human rights perspective” https://www.haaretz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Haaretz
A look at Tel Aviv-based Toka, which helps clients in government and intelligence agencies hack security cameras and alter live feeds and past recordings
Meet Toka, the Israeli cyber firm founded by Ehud Barak, that lets clients hack cameras and change their feeds - just like in Hollywood heist movies Tweets: @haaretzcom , @spyblog ...
SCOOP Meet Toka, an Israeli camera hacking firm set up by former PM Ehud Barak and the IDF's ex-cyber chief. It sells only to intel bodies and law enforcement and allows them to “access” and “alter” camera feeds https://www.haaretz.com/...
Haaretz
A look at Tel Aviv-based Toka, which helps clients in government and intelligence agencies hack security cameras and alter live feeds and past recordings
Meet Toka, the Israeli cyber firm founded by Ehud Barak, that lets clients hack cameras and change their feeds - just like in Hollywood heist movies Tweets: @haaretzcom , @spyblog ...
2022-10-18
I have long said there's no question that there are state sponsored disinformation campaigns on Wikipedia. The only question is why haven't we found more. @carljackmiller et al put forward a compelling answer https://twitter.com/...
Wired
New research, which details pro-Kremlin edits made to the English Wikipedia page for the Russo-Ukrainian war, could be used to create models to detect disinfo
Masha Borak / Wired :
2022-08-06
As one source told me: “Israel is the ONLY country in the world that export regulations don't apply to. Offensive cyber firms can sell Israel anything and everything, not just tech but also services” @JoshBreiner @haaretzcom https://www.haaretz.com/...
Haaretz
A prototype of NSO's Pegasus for Israeli police in 2014 reveals the UI and features, including real-time wiretapping, reading texts, and remote camera control
Omer Benjakob / Haaretz :
This early prototype of a Pegasus-like system also allows remote recording - not just live interception of calls but actually turning the phone into a recording device @JoshBreiner @haaretzcom https://www.haaretz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Haaretz
A prototype of NSO's Pegasus for Israeli police in 2014 reveals the UI and features, including real-time wiretapping, reading texts, and remote camera control
Omer Benjakob / Haaretz :
Sources I spoke to me say the current version of Pegasus does not look EXACTLY like this but is extremely similar in terms of its menus, functions and interface style (though the colors are different now) @JoshBreiner @haaretzcom https://www.haaretz.com/...
Haaretz
A prototype of NSO's Pegasus for Israeli police in 2014 reveals the UI and features, including real-time wiretapping, reading texts, and remote camera control
Omer Benjakob / Haaretz :
SCOOP We got our hands on screen shots of an early prototype of Pegasus, called Syaphan and intended for use by the Israeli police These photos are the closest we've gotten to seeing real working Pegasus system THREAD @JoshBreiner @haaretzcom https://www.haaretz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Haaretz
A prototype of NSO's Pegasus for Israeli police in 2014 reveals the UI and features, including real-time wiretapping, reading texts, and remote camera control
Omer Benjakob / Haaretz :
They bear all the hallmarks of what we'd expect from a mobile tactical interception system: for example access to call logs and messages - including those from encrypted apps like WhatsApp @JoshBreiner @haaretzcom https://www.haaretz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Haaretz
A prototype of NSO's Pegasus for Israeli police in 2014 reveals the UI and features, including real-time wiretapping, reading texts, and remote camera control
Omer Benjakob / Haaretz :
2022-08-05
This early prototype of a Pegasus-like system also allows remote recording - not just live interception of calls but actually turning the phone into a recording device @JoshBreiner @haaretzcom https://www.haaretz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Haaretz
A prototype of NSO's Pegasus for Israeli police in 2014 shows the UI and features, including real-time wiretapping, reading messages, and remote camera control
Israel Police planned to present cabinet with the system eight years ago. It was intended to be capable of turning the infected phone …
They bear all the hallmarks of what we'd expect from a mobile tactical interception system: for example access to call logs and messages - including those from encrypted apps like WhatsApp @JoshBreiner @haaretzcom https://www.haaretz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Haaretz
A prototype of NSO's Pegasus for Israeli police in 2014 shows the UI and features, including real-time wiretapping, reading messages, and remote camera control
Israel Police planned to present cabinet with the system eight years ago. It was intended to be capable of turning the infected phone …
SCOOP We got our hands on screen shots of an early prototype of Pegasus, called Syaphan and intended for use by the Israeli police These photos are the closest we've gotten to seeing real working Pegasus system THREAD @JoshBreiner @haaretzcom https://www.haaretz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Haaretz
A prototype of NSO's Pegasus for Israeli police in 2014 shows the UI and features, including real-time wiretapping, reading messages, and remote camera control
Israel Police planned to present cabinet with the system eight years ago. It was intended to be capable of turning the infected phone …
As one source told me: “Israel is the ONLY country in the world that export regulations don't apply to. Offensive cyber firms can sell Israel anything and everything, not just tech but also services” @JoshBreiner @haaretzcom https://www.haaretz.com/...
Haaretz
A prototype of NSO's Pegasus for Israeli police in 2014 shows the UI and features, including real-time wiretapping, reading messages, and remote camera control
Israel Police planned to present cabinet with the system eight years ago. It was intended to be capable of turning the infected phone …
2021-07-19
Snowden calls to hold NSO directly accountable for abuse of its spy tech software after @PhineasJFR's bombshell report for @FbdnStories comes out across the world as part of massive global investigation https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
Investigation: Israel-based NSO Group's malware infected 23 phones belonging to government officials, reporters, execs, and activists, out of 67 checked
Dana Priest, a reporter at The Washington Post for 30 years, covers national security issues. Recently, she has investigated Russian …
2020-11-08
Wikipedia edit wars in India have became a perfect storm of religious acrimony, political hate-mongering and Covid-19 misinformation https://twitter.com/...
WIRED UK
A vicious culture war is taking place via edit wars on Wikipedia in India, exploiting and aggravating religious tensions in the context of COVID-19
Edit-warring was already common as India descended into political polarisation. Then along came Covid-19 Tweets: @hkumar747 , @conorjtobin , @wireduk , and @omerbenj Tweets: Himan...
2020-11-07
Wikipedia edit wars in India have became a perfect storm of religious acrimony, political hate-mongering and Covid-19 misinformation https://twitter.com/...
WIRED UK
A vicious culture war is taking place via edit wars on Wikipedia in India, exploiting and aggravating religious tensions in the context of COVID-19
Edit-warring was already common as India descended into political polarisation. Then along came Covid-19 Tweets: @wireduk , @hkumar747 , @omerbenj , and @conorjtobin Tweets: @wire...