Court Orders Journalist and State to Pay Former Bar Head $165,000
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
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- Journalist Hadas Steif and the State of Israel must pay Efi Noyek NIS 600,000.
- The payment is compensation for hacking Noyek's phones and publishing contents.
- The court ruled Steif's actions were a severe privacy violation.
- The court found Steif's actions had a criminal nature.
- The incident involved Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) in January 2019.
The Central District Court in Lod has partially accepted a lawsuit filed by Efi Noyek, the former head of the Israel Bar Association, against journalist Hadas Steif and the State of Israel. Noyek sued over the hacking of his mobile phones and the publication of their contents on Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) in January 2019. The judge ruled that Steif's actions constituted a severe violation of Noyek's privacy and a breach of statutory duty, contravening the Computer Law and the Wiretapping Law.
In the ruling, the judge stated, "Steif was the initiating and mediating factor who initiated and advanced the breach of the password-protected devices... Steif's actions are criminal in nature due to her central role." The court ordered Steif and the State of Israel to pay Noyek NIS 600,000 (approximately $165,000) in compensation. The ruling found that Steif had played a key role in facilitating the hacking and dissemination of Noyek's private information.
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