{"id":91009,"date":"2021-11-21T17:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=91009"},"modified":"2021-11-21T14:44:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T12:44:17","slug":"25-00-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=91009","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Defense Minister\u2019s House Cleaner Charged With Espionage for Iran-Linked Hacker Group"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Israeli Defense Minister\u2019s House Cleaner Charged With Espionage for Iran-Linked Hacker Group<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Sharon Wrobel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Israel\u2019s Minister of Defense Benny Gantz arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, June 27, 2021. Maya Alleruzzo\/Pool via REUTERS<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

An Israeli ex-bank robber who was employed as a cleaner and handyman in Defense Minister Benny Gantz\u2019s private home, has been charged with espionage after allegedly attempting to sell information to Iranian-linked hackers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Omri Goren was arrested earlier this month by the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) \u2014 also known as the Shin Bet \u2014 and the Israeli police just days after it was found that he allegedly used a social network to contact an Iran-linked hacking group. The suspect has been working in Gantz\u2019s home for about two years despite his criminal record.<\/span><\/p>\n

Goren has in the past been convicted five times for a number of offenses, including bank robbery, theft and burglary, according to Israeli media\u00a0reports<\/a>. He has served four prison sentences, the last of which was for four years.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Shin Bet investigation, Goren offered his spy services to the Iran-linked hacking group noting that he had direct access to Gantz\u2019s home. Goren is understood to have taken photographs of several items in various places around the minister\u2019s home, including one of his computer, which he sent to the Iran-linked group to support his intentions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 37-year-old Israeli citizen was arrested as he was planning to assist the Iran-linked hacking group with installing a malware program on Gantz\u2019s computer. According to the indictment filing, Goren used the Telegram service to contract the Iran-affiliated hacking group Black Shadow \u2014 the same entity that last month carried out\u00a0cyberattacks<\/a>\u00a0on Israeli civilian websites.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt should be emphasized that given the measures and procedures used to secure information at the minister\u2019s home, Goren was never exposed to classified materials and no such material was transferred to the agents with whom he was in contact,\u201d the Shin Bet said in a statement. \u201cThe rapid counter-operation by ISA thwarted the intention of the accused which could have harmed the security of the state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the findings of the investigation, a Central District state attorney filed an indictment against Goren on charges of espionage in the Lod District Court.<\/span><\/p>\n

In light of the incident, the security agency said, it would launch \u201cinvestigation regarding the background check in order to prevent the possibility of a recurrence of such incidents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Israeli Defense Minister\u2019s House Cleaner Charged With Espionage for Iran-Linked Hacker Group Sharon Wrobel Israel\u2019s Minister of Defense Benny Gantz arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, June 27, 2021. Maya Alleruzzo\/Pool via REUTERS An Israeli ex-bank robber who was employed as a cleaner and handyman in Defense Minister Benny Gantz\u2019s private home, has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91009"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91030,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91009\/revisions\/91030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}