U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware

Re:U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company ... by illusivesaint on Friday December 03, 2021 @04:31PM (#29435816)

Wow, Israeli's spying on their main sponsor?? Espionage is part of the political territory but hopefully this sets precedent to a change of optics. (Which probably not since Russia does it boldly for fun at this point).

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Re:U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company ... by amitport on Saturday December 04, 2021 @02:33AM (#29439389)

Nobody claimed in the article that this is a case of Israel spying on the US. That would be quite a jump.

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Re:U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company ... by cascom on Saturday December 04, 2021 @09:12AM (#29440928)

But it’s only one or two steps removed = Israeli company, acting with the approval and protection of the Israeli state, enabled and facilitated spying on the US by a third party.

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Re:U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company ... by amitport on Monday December 06, 2021 @02:50AM (#29457265)

The world is only one or two steps removed. Israel is acting under the approval and protection of the US ==> US was spying on itself /s

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Re:U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company ... by azernik on Sunday December 05, 2021 @08:55PM (#29455328)

There's a big, big difference between acting against your ally, and irresponsibly proliferating technology that's used against them. cf. France's Exocet sales and the Falklands, though much lower impact this time.

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