Pike - News attack: Who is behind the news that "Eyal Golan was killed" in a car accident?
In the past year we have witnessed a Pike News attack coming from the hackers from Arab countries. In the last day, a message is issued that "Eyal Golan died in a car accident on a highway." This time too, this is a false report, and behind it are the hackers who were behind false news about Itai Levy, Nasrin and more.
Pike - News attack: Who is behind the news that "Eyal Golan was killed" in a car accident?
Screenshot"Very sad: Eyal Golan El Habib died in a highway accident": A campaign to distribute Pike News has been underway for the past day, and a misrepresentation called Eyal Golan "killed" in a car accident. The page that published the surprisingly false news did not attempt to impersonate a credible news site as in similar cases we reported, and this time it is reported in private groups that surfers from Yemen. In recent months, similar campaigns have been posted such as the announcement of the death of singer Roni Dalumi, and nude pictures of singer Nasrin Kadri and the last of them with me Levi. So who's behind the attack?
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To the full articleApparently, this is the same Yemeni hacker who for several months has been trying to distribute massive amounts of Pike News online to attract and outsmart Israelis. "This is a clickbait method used by a hacker from Yemen to lead Israeli surfers to its honey trap." Usually news that has truth will find their way to the top news sites very quickly, "says Lotem Finkelstein, head of cyber intelligence at Check Point. "Hackers are taking advantage of the innocence of Facebook social networkers and we need to develop awareness of the phenomenon and to promote safer online behavior," he added.
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