Cleared for publication: Israeli authorities have recently foiled a sophisticated cyberattack on military entities. According to a statement released Wednesday by the Defense Ministry, the attack was directed at "leading defense manufacturers," and that the modus operandi apparently included "tempting job offers through LinkedIn, as part of an effort to compromise their networks."
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An international hackers entity called Lazarus Group is believed to be behind this attempted attack on behalf of a state actor. North Korea is the most likely perpetrator, Security Joes CEO Ido Naor told Israel Hayom, as it has been linked to that group by the US.
"The perpetrators created fake accounts and presented themselves as executives, human resources officers, and as representatives of leading international firms," the Defense Ministry said in a statement. "By sending the job offers they tried to infect the computers of the Israeli industries and to collect sensitive security information."
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