Day: December 20, 2020

Iran-linked hackers say they breached Israel Aerospace Industries Servers

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December 20, 2020 Major defense contractor is the most recent victim in a string of cyberattacks on Israeli companies. By Raphael Kahan and Ynet via Calcalist Hackers from the Iran-linked Pay2Key group exposed on Sunday a new database of names it claims it stole off servers belonging to Israel Aerospace Industries’ subsidiary Etla Systems. Among […]

Iraqi officials: 3 rockets target U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

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Published: 12.20.20 , 20:37 At least three rockets targeted the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday, Iraqi security officials said, sparking fears of renewed unrest as next month’s anniversary of the slaying of an Iranian general draws near.The embassy’s C-RAM defense system was used to destroy the rockets mid-air, three Iraqi […]

Palestinians gear up for post-Abbas power struggle in West Bank refugee camps

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i24NEWS December 20, 2020, 06:45 AMlatest revision December 20, 2020, 07:50 AM AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, FileBirds scatter as a masked Palestinian shoots in the air during a celebration marking the 55th anniversary of the Fatah movement, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on December 31, 2019. PA President Mahmoud Abbas has promised elections in […]

Hezbollah leaders fear Trump, Israel may act before inauguration

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Hezbollah leaders fear that U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel intend to use the weeks before the inauguration to act decisively against Iran and Hezbollah. “They’ve got their window and they want to finish what they started,” one mid-ranking Hezbollah operative was quoted by the Guardian as saying. “But don’t worry, the Sayyid [the group’s […]

Microsoft President Blames Israeli Company for Rash of Cyberattacks, Wants Biden to Intervene

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Photo Credit: Image by jacqueline macou from Pixabay; Web Summit via Wikimedia A pirate (L) and Microsoft President Brad Smith. Microsoft President Brad Smith is asking for President-elect Joe Biden’s support in a legal case against Israeli security firm NSO Group and WhatsApp. Smith has suggested that NSO Group and similar companies are “a new […]