Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-07-03 00:00:00
Affected organization: Israeli Military
Affected country: Israel
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: HAMAS
Actor type: Terrorist
Actor country: Palestine, State of
Description: The Israeli military say it had uncovered a plot by Hamas militants to spy on soldiers by befriending them on social media and then luring them into downloading fake dating applications that gave Hamas access to their smartphones.