Israeli Ad Firm Accused of Spying and Hacking Via Online Ads
Summarized from The Jerusalem Post by baba
Israeli digital advertising firm Discover-Tech allegedly spied on internet users and facilitated device hacking through online ads, according to reports from Citizen Lab and Confiant. The company's services provided spyware firms, including Candiru, access to major ad platforms. Discover-Tech's ads reached millions of websites and apps globally, and were used to install spyware on devices. Discover-Tech has since been removed from Google's and other platforms' ad markets.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Israeli ad firm Discover-Tech allegedly spied on users and hacked devices via online ads.
- Discover-Tech's ads provided spyware firms, including Candiru, access to major ad platforms.
- The ads reached over 120,000 websites and 75,000 apps globally.
- Candiru spyware allegedly used Discover-Tech ads to compromise devices at Al Jazeera.
- Discover-Tech has been removed from Google's and other ad platforms.
- Sensitive organizations like the Pentagon and UN were among those exposed to the ads.
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