Israel Orders Police Probe into Leak of Sensitive Data on Mali and Liel Yahalomi
Translated & summarized from 0404 by baba
Israel's Privacy Protection Authority has ordered the police to investigate the leak of sensitive personal information and videos of Mali and Liel Yahalomi, who were found in Argentina. The Authority suspects the data originated from the police, including videos of their vulnerable moments and private communications. The Director of the Authority criticized the publications for allegedly harming their privacy without justification and in violation of police procedures.
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- Israel's Privacy Protection Authority ordered a police probe into leaked sensitive data on Mali and Liel Yahalomi.
- The leaked information included videos of the sisters during their discovery and interrogation in Argentina.
- The Authority suspects the data originated from within the Israel Police.
- Sensitive materials also comprised private correspondence and financial details.
- The Authority's director criticized the publications for harming privacy without justification.
Israel's Privacy Protection Authority, under the Ministry of Justice, has ordered the Israel Police to investigate a suspected leak of sensitive personal information and videos concerning Mali and Liel Yahalomi. The two were located in Argentina in August. The Authority stated that at least some of the information published in the media appeared to have originated from within the police.
Among the leaked materials were videos showing the sisters in vulnerable moments during their discovery and interrogation, along with private correspondence, details of their AI searches, financial information, and movement data. The Director of the Privacy Protection Authority, Gilad Samama, wrote to Police Commissioner Daniel Levi, instructing the internal police privacy supervisor to conduct a thorough inquiry. The goal is to determine how the information reached the media and to present conclusions and lessons learned to prevent similar incidents.
Samama criticized the publications, stating, "These publications, which apparently originated from the police investigation, allegedly caused significant harm to their privacy, without legitimate justification and apparently in violation of police procedures themselves."
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