An Israeli firm used online ads to conduct espionage operations against Al Jazeera and Palestinian websites
Al Jazeera reported spyware attacks on its staff, traced to targeted online ads from Discover-Tech. The ads, run by an Israeli company, reached millions of devices and were found to infect devices without user interaction. Citizen Lab identified at least 45 devices within Al Jazeera as targeted.
- Citizen Lab traced at least 45 Al Jazeera devices to spyware delivered via ads from Discover-Tech.
- Discover-Tech used online ads to track users and install spyware, with ads seen by millions.
- Malicious Discover-Tech ads reached over 120,000 websites and 75,000 apps over four months.
- Google removed Discover-Tech from its advertising platforms.
- Jerome Dangu said Discover-Tech released at least 10 million ads daily.
- Hannah Neumann said the exposure of EU institutions should raise alarms in Brussels.
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