By JNS
Israeli companies are being targeted by a new wave of cyber attacks, and industry experts say Iran is the likely culprit,
The Marker reported on Sunday.
Recent incidents have included attacks on the Veritas logistics company and on Match Retail, which is H&M’s representative in Israel.
“In both incidents, many figures were stolen from the organizations in Match’s case, 110 gigabytes of information, while in Veritas’s case, nine gigabytes,” said the report.
A new group, calling itself Networm, is reportedly behind both incidents. It sent an ultimatum to both companies, demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars to prevent exposure of the stolen information.
Report: Iran likely behind cyber attacks on Israeli supply chain companies
Report: Iran likely behind cyber attacks on Israeli supply chain companies
Despite issuing ransom demands, the hackers reportedly used code that corrupted stolen information, leading experts to doubt a profit motive.
An illustration of a cyber attack. Credit: F8 studio/Shutterstock.
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The Marker reported on Sunday.
Recent incidents have included attacks on the Veritas logistics company and on Match Retail, which is H&M’s representative in Israel.
“In both incidents, many figures were stolen from the organizations in Match’s case, 110 gigabytes of information, while in Veritas’s case, nine gigabytes,” said the report.
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May. 2, 2021 1:58 PM
Israel is in the midst of a new wave of cyberattacks, some six months after over 80 Israel companies were targeted in a string of ransom attacks that experts said were ideologically and not financially motivated.
At least four Israeli companies have been hit and one nonprofit may have been targeted by what experts say may be a new attack by the Iranian hacking group that was also involved in the previous hacks.
On Sunday, a group of hackers identifying themselves as Networm (stylized as N3tw0rm) posted the logo of H&M Israel to their website on the so-called dark web, implying that the company has been hit by the hackers.