Israel is home to many cyber espionage firms.
Among them is NSO Group, the company that designed Pegasus, the software allegedly used by Morocco to spy on several members of the French government.
On December 26, the national daily
Hareetz
presented another company in the sector, Toka, which specializes in taking control of CCTV cameras, reports
Numerama
.
Its software makes it possible to search for devices within a defined perimeter, to infiltrate the computer system that manages the surveillance cameras, and then to observe their images.
French customers listed
All this can be done without the agents noticing the presence of intruders in the system, since the software leaves no known digital footprint, according to the analysis of an IT expert consulted by Numerama.
Toka's tool notably allows customers to track a vehicle and note its movements using its license plate, using urban video surveillance cameras.
The software would also make it possible to falsify the recordings to make the images lie.
Founded in 2018, Toka is headed by Ehud Barak, a former Israeli prime minister and former national cybersecurity chief.
She works from Tel-Aviv and Washington for several clients or state organizations located mainly in the West, including Israel, but also France.
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