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WATCH: Anti-regime activists hack Iran's national broadcaster, transmit Pahlavi's calls to protest

Anti-regime activists hacked Iran’s Badr satellite, briefly taking over state TV broadcasts to air protest messages and appeals by Reza Pahlavi, according to Iran International and Manoto News.

|ByJAMES GENN
Activists hold banners, calling for a free Iran, supporting Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (R) and comparing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler (L) in New York, January 18, 2026; illustrative.
Laptop and source code on the screen composing flag of Iran.

Iran-linked hacker group claims to have hacked, surveiled senior Mossad agent

Handala, an Iran-linked hacker group previously responsible for hacking the devices of Israeli officials, threatened that it would release a "shock" of information regarding Mossad.

|ByANNA BARSKY
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem day, May 26, 2025

Former prime minister Bennett’s Telegram hacked, not phone, despite Iranian group's claims

“Despite all of your pride and boasting, your digital fortress is nothing more than a paper wall waiting to be broken,” the group stated.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Maj. Gen. Aviad Dagan enters the role of head of the C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate, during a ceremony at the IDF HQ in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2024.

IDF cyber chief warns Israel, US face far greater cyber threats than publicly known

"We cannot mislead ourselves" into thinking that, because Israel has been strong in cyber defense to date, the country can sit on its laurels," Dagan said.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Palestinian Islamic Jihad website hacked amid heightened tensions

The cyberattack comes amid heightened tensions between Israel and the PIJ following the arrest of PIJ official Bassam al-Saadi.

AUGUST 4, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
Screenshot of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad website after it was hacked, August 4, 2022

Anonymous hacks Chinese gov't website, welcomes Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan

The website itself has been quickly taken offline. However, an archived version on Internet Archive's Wayback Machine still shows the state of the site during the time of the hack.

AUGUST 4, 2022ByROMAN MEITAV
A man wears an "anonymous" mask

Israeli company Candiru allegedly behind cyberattacks against journalists 

Hackers took advantage of an undetectable vulnerability in Google Chrome.

JULY 25, 2022ByALDEN TABAC
Illustrative photo of a cyberattack.

Israeli cybersec company Sygnia identifies phishing scam

According to Sygnia, the email claims that the recipient has purchased a premium subscription to Duolingo or Masterclass and urges them to contact "customer service" in order to cancel the payment.

JULY 22, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Oren Biderman, Sygnia

Pro-Iranian hackers claim hacking of Rafael website

JULY 14, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
EVEN AFTER THE Cyberserve/Atraf disaster, Bennett is more afraid of overregulation than he is of lacking the power to save the private sector from its own occasional cyber laziness or cheapness.

IDF stopped hackers from hitting US power plants - Unit 8200 official

This is the first time a current Unit 8200 official, deputy chief of IDF Unit 8200, “Col. U.,” discussed such sensitive cyber intelligence sharing in public.

JUNE 29, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF Unit 8200 deputy chief Col. U. is seen speaking at Tel Aviv University's annual Cyber Week, on June 29, 2022.

Cyberattack hits Russian space agency site after sharing NATO photos

The site of Russian space agency Roscosmos was targeted by hackers in a DDoS attack after it published satellite images of NATO buildings.

JUNE 29, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Russian flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a computer screen on which cyber code is displayed, in this illustration picture taken March 2, 2018.

Cervello is here to protect trains from cyber threats

The company has developed a deliberate and tailored approach to railway cybersecurity.

JUNE 28, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Cervello's co-founders (left to right): Shaked Kafzan, co-founder and CTO; Nadav Avidan, co-founder and COO; Roie Onn, co-founder and CEO.

Hackers claim to hit Israeli tourism sites

The hackers claimed to have obtained ID numbers, addresses and credit card information from the attacked sites.

JUNE 28, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Iran’s steel industry halted by cyberattack

Predatory Sparrow, a hacktivist group that is little known, took credit for the hacking that halted Iran's steel industry.

JUNE 27, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
EVEN AFTER THE Cyberserve/Atraf disaster, Bennett is more afraid of overregulation than he is of lacking the power to save the private sector from its own occasional cyber laziness or cheapness.