From ehackingnews.com
According to the Times of Israel, an Iranian cybercriminal targeted the computer of a former IDF chief of staff and acquired access to his complete computer database. Yaser Balaghi was identified as the hacker by Channel 10. After the hack, he allegedly brags about it, while also unwittingly leaving a trail of his identity. Iran was compelled to stop a cyber operation that had targeted 1,800 persons around the world, including Israeli army generals, Persian Gulf human rights campaigners, and academics, due to this oversight.
After Check Point, an Israeli cybersecurity firm, confirmed the Iranian hacking operation’s existence two weeks ago, the Times of Israel was the first to report on it. The information from Check Point was also shown in a Channel 10 report on Tuesday. The attack began two months prior, according to Gil Shwed, CEO of Check Point Software Technologies, who told Israel Radio in late January that targets received email messages aimed at installing malware on their computers. More than a quarter of those who received the emails clicked them, unknowingly downloading spyware and allowing the hackers to steal data from their hard drives.