CyberWAR November, 3rd 2009 by admin

Mossad Hacked Syrian Official’s Computer Before Bombing Mysterious Facility

“Agents of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service hacked into the computer of a senior Syrian government official a year before Israel bombed a facility in Syria in 2007, according to Der Spiegel.

The intelligence agents planted a Trojan horse on the official’s computer in late 2006 while he was staying at a hotel in the Kensington district of London, the German newspaper reported Monday in an extensive account of the bombing attack.”

(Source: Mossad Hacked Syrian Official’s Computer Before Bombing Mysterious Facility | Threat Level | Wired.com)

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