Hundreds of Israeli Surveillance Cameras Hacked Near Strategic Sites

Hackers compromised over 250 surveillance cameras in Israel between April 2025 and April 2026, including those near strategic locations, major transport routes, and security force operational areas. The findings were detailed in a Wall Street Journal investigation published on October 11. Israel's National Cyber Directorate confirmed the information to Walla news. Specialists estimate that a hostile nation may be behind the attacks, though the organizers have not yet been identified. One compromised camera was located on a poultry farm near the Lebanese border, providing a view of Israeli security force movements. The farm owner discovered the camera's web interface language had changed to Arabic earlier this year, coinciding with joint U.S.-Israeli operations against Iran. He reported the incident to the National Cyber Directorate, whose experts identified the breach and terminated the unauthorized access. Earlier, the head of the directorate, Yossi Kardi, stated that Iranian hackers accessed a street camera aimed at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot before Iran's missile strike on the facility in June 2025. However, there is no evidence that footage from this camera was used for targeting.