The Israeli military says it thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiers’ phones by posing as young, attractive women on social media.
A banner placed by Hamas with a slogan reading in Arabic: "no to the deal of the century" is pictured as Palestinian Muslim worshippers gather at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, on February 14, 2020.JERUSALEM – The Israeli military on Sunday said it has thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiers’ phones by posing as young, attractive women on social media, striking up friendships and persuading them into downloading malware.
The “women” claimed to be new immigrants to explain their poor Hebrew, and even claimed to be deaf or hard of hearing as an excuse for texting, instead of speaking directly on the phone, Conricus said. The profiles appeared on multiple platforms, and he said the photos were disguised to make it difficult to “reverse track” them, giving the accounts additional authenticity.
He said it was “very clear” that Hamas was behind the effort. He said the malware linked to known Hamas servers and at least one of the profiles had been used in a previous Hamas scam. There was no immediate comment from Hamas.
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