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In a tweet and update to their website, the Pay2Key hackers revealed internal data from the Israeli defense contractor in what cybersecurity experts say is a clear escalation of the attack on Israel.
The claims regarding the IAI come after a week in which it was revealed the group had targeted more than 80 Israeli firms. The hackers, first discovered by Israeli cybersecurity firms in November, are a group of cybercriminals focusing on ransom attacks.
However, experts attribute ideological as well as financial motives to the recent attacks. The so-called hacktivist group was linked back to Iran after ransom money paid out to them in bitcoin was traced back to an online currency exchange in Iran.