Israeli generals said among 1, 600 global targets of Iran cyber-attack

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-generals-said-among-1600-global-targets-of-iran-cyber-attack/

BY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
January 28, 2016

Iran launched a cyber-attack targeting Israeli army generals, human rights 
activists in the Persian Gulf and scientists, an Israeli cyber-security 
firm said Thursday.

Gil Shwed, CEO of Check Point Software Technologies, said the attack began 
two months ago and was directed at some 1,600 people worldwide. They 
received email messages aimed at sending spyware into their computers, 
Shwed told Israel Radio.

More than a quarter of the recipients opened the emails and thus 
unknowingly downloaded spyware, allowing the hackers to steal information 
from their hard drives.

Over the last two years, Israel has been targeted by a number of 
cyber-attacks. Officials say hackers affiliated with Hezbollah and the 
Iranian government were behind some of the infiltration attempts.

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