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TOP IRANIAN OFFICIAL: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC DID HACK NETANYAHU FAMILY PHONES

• https://www.jpost.com, BY ZACHARY KEYSER

Conservative Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, custodian of the holy shrine in Mashhad, confirmed Saudi reports on Friday that Iran successfully hacked the telephones of Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu's "family," according to Radio Farda.

"In the past few days, Iran's cyber-attacks have resulted in hacking the mobile telephone of a candidate in Israeli elections and access to all the information," said Alamolhoda, adding that Iran has hacked the telephones of Netanyahu's family members.

The Saudi-based news website Independent Arabic first published the report about the hacking of Sara and Yair's telephones early last week. However, immediately following the report, its authenticity was denied by both the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the prime minister. 

According to the Saudi report, the breach was committed several months ago and it is not yet clear what information was leaked through the tapping of their phones.

The Saudis also connected the hack of the Netanyahu family's phones to the alleged breach of the phone of Blue and White Party leader and former IDF chief of staff, Benny Gantz, which was first reported by Israel's Channel 12. This report was confirmed by Israeli officials, but said that the hacking happened several years ago and only surfaced now in an effort to harm Gantz's election campaign.


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