Israel: hackers disseminate data from LGBT + dating site, Iran singled out

Israel and Iran have been waging a cyber war for several years.

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Several Israeli websites have been hacked.

Among the targets: an LGBT + dating site, a medical institute and engineering companies.

Hundreds of thousands of personal data have been made public.

Experts in Israel attribute this attack to Iran.

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,

Israeli pirates versus Iranian pirates.

The two camps seem to surrender blow for blow in this virtual war with very real consequences.

A few days ago, it was Iran that was targeted.

A cyberattack caused a fuel supply failure across the country.

No official comment on the Israeli side.

But in Tehran, all eyes have been on the Hebrew state.

"Black Shadow"

Now, Israeli sites are the victims of hacking.

A group dubbed "Black Shadow", presumably linked to the Islamic Republic, according to experts in Israel, disseminated the personal information of many users of an Israeli LGBT + dating site.

The Israeli authorities reacted quickly and obtained from Google the blocking of access to the site of the hacker group, which demanded a million dollars in ransom to stop the data breach.

No less than 290,000 Israeli patients are also victims of this cyberattack.

Their medical records were leaked by the same group of hackers.

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• Israel

• Iran

• Cybercriminality

• LGBT +