http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-generals-said-among-1600-global-targets-of-iran-cyber-attack/
BY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
January 28, 2016
Iran launched a cyber-attack targeting Israeli army generals, human rights
activists in the Persian Gulf and scientists, an Israeli cyber-security
firm said Thursday.
Gil Shwed, CEO of Check Point Software Technologies, said the attack began
two months ago and was directed at some 1,600 people worldwide. They
received email messages aimed at sending spyware into their computers,
Shwed told Israel Radio.
More than a quarter of the recipients opened the emails and thus
unknowingly downloaded spyware, allowing the hackers to steal information
from their hard drives.
Over the last two years, Israel has been targeted by a number of
cyber-attacks. Officials say hackers affiliated with Hezbollah and the
Iranian government were behind some of the infiltration attempts.
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