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Israel Says It Thwarted Massive Cyber-Attack on Defense Industry
by Benjamin Kerstein
August 11, 2020

A massive cyber-attack on Israel’s defense industry was successfully thwarted, it was reported on Wednesday. The government cleared for publication that the attack was perpetrated by an international group of hackers known as “Lazarus,” which infiltrated the social network LinkedIn using fake profiles. The hackers then impersonated high-level employees of large international companies and approached their supposed “counterparts” in the Israeli defense industry, offering them jobs. When the Israeli employees responded, the hackers attempted to attack their computers and penetrate their companies’ networks. READ MORE