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One of the most serious security incidents in the country's history sheds more light today (Monday) after the district court in Beer Sheva allowed the publication of additional parts of the indictment against a man who impersonated an officer and managed to obtain confidential information.
Among other things, he managed to get his hands on secret information about the order of the security forces, existing means in use by the IDF, missing means, explanations of classified capabilities, and more.
The accused served in the IDF for 6 years in several units and was released with the rank of lieutenant.
At the time he committed the crimes, he served as a reserve officer with the rank of lieutenant.
He served in the reserves in a one-day service on three occasions in 2018.
According to the indictment, the accused posed as an officer with the rank of captain and falsely presented himself as someone sent on behalf of an IDF formation and by fraudulent means gained access to confidential information at the highest classification level, documented classified information in various ways and on several occasions shared information Confidential with civilian and military officials who are not authorized to do so.
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In the indictment it is described that the accused "recruited" himself into the reserves even though he did not receive an order 8. He made contact on WhatsApp with an assistant commander and asked to enlist in reserve service. When he arrived at a division base he introduced himself and told those present there that he was an intelligence officer. The same person told the accused last night that he is not knows him.
That same day he approached an officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel and falsely introduced himself as a soldier from a special unit. He indicated to the senior officer that he wanted to help. The same officer told the defendant that he did not know him and did not need his help and left the scene. Under circumstances that are still unknown, the defendant He still managed to be present at situation assessments, in a control center, and even sat around his desk assessing a situation in the operations wing. The
indictment later describes how the accused met with other staff officers and helped clarify the recruitment status of various brigades and dealt with various problems. The next day he photographed soldiers as well as military computer screens. One day he met another person and traveled with him to the command. During his stay there, the defendant wore the rank of captain on his shoulders even though he knew his rank was lieutenant in order to mislead those around him. In the evening hours of that day he participated in a situation assessment even though he was not qualified to do so and presented himself as an operations commander .
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In one of the cases that evening, he turned to a female soldier on the spot in an attempt to help and was told that he needed permission from an information security officer.
The soldier gave him her cell phone so that he could put his number in the contact list on her device.
So he took her phone and sent two WhatsApp messages from it without the soldier's knowledge: "We would be happy for you to see in HML how we can streamline the work, tell us what to do when we receive conflicting reports from the field." The purpose of the messages was, according to the indictment, so that the messages could be used by him To create a false representation to soldiers and commanders that he knows is not true and that he is supposedly authorized to handle matters in the South Command.
Another day passes and the accused met the man who was his commander.
He presented himself as an officer with solutions to operational challenges and tried to convince him to get access to information.
So he asked them to sign a document confirming his entry to the base.
That day he came to a person, whose name and position are prohibited from publication, and asked him to write a document authorizing him to perform various actions.
At the defendant's request, the same person opened a format on the computer and wrote: "Appointment letter for a captain in the response: I confirm that a captain in the response (the defendant) will be appointed to the Special Task Force and Operations in the HML, commander of the Southern Command." As stated, this was a false appointment letter. More On the same day, the defendant spoke with a reservist about materials classified as secret and top secret, collected and held secret information by recording the conversation that was saved on his mobile device.
On October 11, the defendant arrived to fraudulently receive another certification document and received another letter of appointment under which he could serve as the commander of a special unit in HML
The indictment describes how the accused took advantage of the pressure and got what he wanted.
The next day, using the same letters of authorization, the defendant managed to bring two non-military people into the base while making it clear to the B.S. soldier that they could be admitted because he had permission.
The defendant collected, kept and compiled more confidential information while recording phone conversations and exposed those two people to the contents of the conversation.
On October 15, the accused corresponded with an officer and falsely presented himself as an operations officer looking to recruit reservists with appropriate qualifications and during their correspondence gave her confidential information even though she was not authorized to receive it.
The indictment also describes that between October 7 and October 15, on several occasions, the accused was present in sensitive places including headquarters, operations rooms, war rooms and discussions that he was not authorized to participate in and of course he was not invited to them and that he does not have an information security clearance.
He managed to obtain, collect and write down classified information while recording the things in photographs on his cell phone. Confidential information about the security forces' procedures, existing means used by the IDF, missing means, explanations of classified capabilities, etc. On October 15, he was arrested and is being prosecuted for crimes of receiving something fraudulently under aggravating circumstances, secret information, serious espionage and entering a military location.
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