The Israel National Cyber Directorate and the Ministry of Culture and Sports announced on Thursday, July 25, that hackers linked to the Iranian regime had posted personal information of the country’s sports delegation members heading to the Paris Olympics online.
According to these two Israeli governmental bodies, the Iranian regime carried out this act before the start of the Paris Summer Olympics to create fear and intimidation among the Israeli sports delegation.
Investigations show that these hackers, by impersonating a French organization, published the personal information of Israeli athletes on fake social media accounts.
In recent hours, the hackers have sent personal information to Israeli athletes through these fake accounts and threatened them.
Gaby Portnoy, Director General of the Israel National Cyber Directorate, confirming this news, said the Iranian regime had used a non-political international sports competition to “spread digital terrorism” against Israel.
Israel usually does not confirm the Iranian regime’s involvement in such operations, but these foreign infiltration actions have increased since the attack on October 7 last year.
In recent months, Israeli security agencies have repeatedly identified hackers linked to the Iranian regime as responsible for “hostile campaigns” against the country.
The Iranian regime supports its proxy groups in the Middle East region. These groups, such as Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen, receive financial and training support from the Iranian regime for all their sabotage operations in the region.
Meanwhile, the Iranian people are living in poverty and hunger, but their resources are being spent on killings in the Middle East.
