Yinon Ben Shoshan
30/10/2021
Saturday, 30 October 2021, 18:00 Updated: 23:44
Hackers' threat realized: Details of surfers were published in the "Atref" app for LGBT people
An Iran-affiliated black shadow group whose people broke into the Israeli server farm distributed nicknames, emails and phone numbers of users of the gay community's dating app to its telegram account.
In addition: reservoirs of the Dan bus company, the Pegasus tourism company and more were leaked
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The Iranian group affiliated with Black Shadow, which broke into the Israeli web hosting company Cyberserve, carried out the threats:
Tonight (Saturday), the attackers began leaking a database from the dating site to the gay community Atref, including very sensitive information - such as first names, phone numbers and sexual preference details. Of users. The hackers also noted that this is only 1% of the information in their possession.
The details of 9,000 users of the Dan bus company and the details of 120,000 customers of the Pegasus tourism company were also leaked. The national cyber array claimed to have warned Cyberserve in the past of its harm.
Walla! Will refrain from publishing identifying information from the hacker leaks and will not lend a hand to cyber terrorism.
Walla! Calls on other media outlets to refrain from publishing these details
The servers of the Israeli web hosting company Cyberserve that were attacked are large sites - including Mifal Hapayis, the Broadcasting Corporation here, Dan, Kavim, the Israel Bar Association, the Association for the War on Cancer, the Children's Museum in Holon and the Teachers' Union.
This morning, the attackers began leaking photos of records from the Kavim bus company's database, alongside the caption: "They did not contact us, so here is the initial information." Shortly afterwards, they distributed a file that contained a database of 28,000 records that included personal information - such as an ID card, residential address, telephone number and email address.
"Hello again! We have news for you," the Black Shadow crackers wrote in a statement circulating on their telegram account. "You probably could not connect to many sites today."
The founder and CEO of the Cyber Defense Company said that "if this information was leaked, it could be the most serious privacy attack in Israel."
Organizations continue to ignore the warnings of the national cyber system.
"After the incident with the baton, the state had to increase vigilance and increase alertness."
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"Iranian periods try to exert a conscious influence"
Dr. Harel Manshari, head of cyber at HIT Holon Institute of Technology and one of the founders of the GSS cyber network, said that "similar to the attack on Sharvit and KLS, this time too the Iranian attackers are trying to exert a conscious influence while addressing the attackers in a so-called 'return' proposal. The data stolen by them in exchange for ransom, "he added.
"Iran is working through the cyber arrays of the Revolutionary Guards and the Ministry of Intelligence from a strategic point of view, with the aim of harming infrastructure systems (water, energy, etc.), harming Israel's financial sector and gathering intelligence," Manshari concluded.
The Association for the LGBT has opened a special line commenting on the incident and said: “We call and call on the National Cyber Headquarters to act urgently to prevent information leaks.
Leakage of users' personal details is a danger to mental injury. "
Correspondence with the attackers (Photo: screenshot, screenshot)
During the Sabbath, the national cyber system claimed that they had warned the company of its vulnerability to such attacks and even issued a warning on their part to citizens whose details were leaked. "In the past year, the national cyber system has warned the company several times about being vulnerable to attack," it said.
In addition, the system has a special program to grant a "resilience" to web hosting companies that meet the standards of protection. Companies that join the program and meet the standards set by the system will reduce the chance of being hit by a cyber attack. "Their phone and email have been leaked. It is recommended to be more vigilant for emails and suspicious messages, change passwords and implement two-step verification in all applications such as social networks and the bank app."
Kavim said in response that it had hired external professionals in the field of information security "to complete a comprehensive, professional and independent investigation into the incident."
The company says that most of the information on the hacked site is informative, but it "takes the issue of information security very seriously and the company is investigating the incident and undertakes to provide complete and transparent information to its customers about its findings."
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