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Cleaner at Gantz's house convicted for trying to spy for Iran-affiliated Black Shadow

He has been sentenced to 3 years in jail in a plea deal.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Benny Gantz speaks during a press conference at the IDF Southern Command, in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, on August 5, 2022
Israeli minister of Defense Benny Gantz attend a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on October 19, 2021.

Cleaner at Gantz's house attempted to provide info to Black Shadow

A cleaner at Defense Minister Benny Gantz's house reached out to hacker group Black Shadow, suspected to be affiliated with Iran.

|ByELIAV BREUER, YONAH JEREMY BOB
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LGBT dating site permanently removed from Internet in fight against Black Shadow

Two weeks ago, Black Shadow announced its hack of Cyberserve, which hosted Atraf, and the hackers have been exposing personal information of LGBTQ clients of the website in waves.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A hacker is being depicted in this illustrative photo

Is Iran behind the Black Shadow attacks and does it matter?

The latest attack was announced by the group last Friday, with Black Shadow claiming it had damaged Cyberserve’s servers.

|ByTZVI JOFFRE

Court orders Black Shadow content blocked by search engines

A court ordered Internet providers and search engines to block access to content leaked by the Black Shadow hackers.

NOVEMBER 3, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
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Black Shadow leaks more data after deadline passes

The hacking group leaked more data from a gay dating app after its demand for ransom was not met within 48 hours.

NOVEMBER 3, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Black Shadow hackers demand $1 million in order to not leak data

The Black Shadow hackers have demanded $1 million, threatening to leak data if the ransom is not paid

OCTOBER 31, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
Projection of cyber code on hooded man (llustrative)

Black Shadow hackers strike again, leak documents in new cyberattack

"Their servers are destroyed, and their client data is in our hands."

OCTOBER 31, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE, TAMAR URIEL-BEERI
A man types into a keyboard during the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.