Cybersecurity

Suspected Iranian Hackers Targeted Ex-Israeli Officials

  • Targets also said to include former US ambassador to Israel
  • Campaign used phishing to try stealing personal information

Former Minister of Justice and Foreign AffairsTzipi Livni

Photographer: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images 

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Alleged Iranian hackers targeted the email accounts of former Israeli and American government officials, according to research published by the Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.