Omer Benjakob (@omerbenj) 's Twitter Profile
Omer Benjakob

@omerbenj

Disinfo/cyber reporter @Haaretz @haaretzcom 📰 #TeamJorge #ProjectPegasus ■ Wikipedialogist ■ Covering knowledge in age of disinfo ■ Research fellow @lpiParis_

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linkhttps://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/omer-benjakob-1.736939 calendar_today25-03-2009 10:24:15

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חשיפת "הארץ": שנתיים מאז הסנקציות, אינטלקסה של בכיר אמ"ן לשעבר חיה ובועטת, עם פריצות בעיראק ופקיסטאן ורוגלות בתוך באנרים. סרטון פנימי שדלף מספק הצצה נדירה לקרביים של נשק דיגיטלי מתקדם תחקיר Omer Benjakob ושותפינו ביוון, שווייץ ואמנסטי haaretz.co.il/news/security/…

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➡️New victims of Predator #spyware identified, w. malicious TikTok links revealing new targets ➡️🇪🇬Egypt & 🇸🇦Saudi clients still active ➡️Ad-based infections confirmed ➡️Post-🇺🇸sanctions Intellexa operations ✍️ Omer Benjakob Eliza Triantafillou Lorenz Naegeli haaretz.com/israel-news/se…

➡️New victims of Predator #spyware identified, w. malicious TikTok links revealing new targets
➡️🇪🇬Egypt & 🇸🇦Saudi clients still active
➡️Ad-based infections confirmed
➡️Post-🇺🇸sanctions Intellexa operations

✍️ <a href="/omerbenj/">Omer Benjakob</a> <a href="/e_triantafillou/">Eliza Triantafillou</a> Lorenz Naegeli

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Hacked in Pakistan: Israeli Spyware Firm Intellexa Still Active Amid US Sanctions. New victims of Predator spyware identified, with secretive 0click Ad-based infections confirmed Bombshell expose by Omer Benjakob Eliza Triantafillou Lorenz Naegeli and Donncha Ó Cearbhaill haaretz.com/israel-news/se…

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חברות סייבר ריגול תמיד טוענות שאין להן מושג מה עושים עם הכלים שלהן ואין להן גישה למערכות. Omer Benjakob בתחקיר פצצה בשיתוף עם אמנסטי וגופים נוספים חושף איך זה נראה באמת מאחורי הקלעים haaretz.co.il/news/security/…

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Amnesty Tech The Citizen Lab Google 9/ Highly recommend the full investigation from Haaretz.com Inside Story & the WAV Research Collective. So many critical insights, like that Egypt & Saudi Predator clients appear to remain active despite sanctions & scandals. By Omer Benjakob Eliza Triantafillou & Lorenz Naegeli.

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🚨 A huge leak exposes the new targets and internal operations of Intellexa, the secretive and murky company behind the notorious Predator spyware. Introducing #IntellexaLeaks, a joint investigation with partners inside story., Haaretz.com & WAV Research Collective 🧵👇

🚨 A huge leak exposes the new targets and internal operations of Intellexa, the secretive and murky company behind the notorious Predator spyware.

Introducing #IntellexaLeaks, a joint investigation with partners <a href="/insidestory_gr/">inside story.</a>, <a href="/haaretzcom/">Haaretz.com</a> &amp; WAV Research Collective 🧵👇
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Shockingly, the leaks shows that Intellexa kept REMOTE ACCESS to Predator systems deployed on government clients’ premises — meaning the company had the potential to see data about surveillance victims in real time.

Shockingly, the leaks shows that  Intellexa kept REMOTE ACCESS to Predator systems deployed on government clients’ premises — meaning the company had the potential to see data about surveillance victims in real time.
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A leaked training video show a client list (by codename): Dragon, Eagle, Falcon, Flamingo, Fox & more. Our investigation confirms Eagle is Kazakhstan; Phoenix, the 2023 Predator Files investigation found, was Libya. haaretz.com/israel-news/se…

A leaked training video show a client list (by codename): Dragon, Eagle, Falcon, Flamingo, Fox &amp; more. Our investigation confirms Eagle is Kazakhstan; Phoenix, the 2023 Predator Files investigation found, was Libya.

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Simultaneously our partners at Google (clem1) and Recorded Future (Julian-Ferdinand) have published their own deep investigations into Intelellexa recordedfuture.com/research/intel…

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clem1 Julian-Ferdinand Significantly Google has also announced threat notifications today, first time ever alerts sent for Predator! "several hundred accounts across various countries, including Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Angola, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, and Tajikistan" cloud.google.com/blog/topics/th…

Eliza Triantafillou (@e_triantafillou) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔥 The #IntellexaLeaks ⚠ Νέα διεθνής έρευνα του inside story. σε συνεργασία με την Haaretz.com (Omer Benjakob) , WAV Research Collective (Lorenz Naegeli) και την τεχνική συνδρομή του Security Lab της Amnesty International προχωρά σήμερα σε σημαντικές αποκαλύψεις: 📌insidestory.gr/article/intell…

🔥 The #IntellexaLeaks
⚠ Νέα διεθνής έρευνα του <a href="/insidestory_gr/">inside story.</a>  σε συνεργασία με την <a href="/haaretzcom/">Haaretz.com</a> (<a href="/omerbenj/">Omer Benjakob</a>) , WAV Research Collective (Lorenz Naegeli) και την τεχνική συνδρομή του Security Lab της <a href="/amnesty/">Amnesty International</a> προχωρά σήμερα σε σημαντικές αποκαλύψεις: 

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#IntellexaLeaks: "🇵🇰Pakistan on Thursday refuted claims published in an Amnesty Tech report on Thursday that a #spyware product, manufactured by an Israeli company, was actively being used in the country." dawn.com/news/1959226

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Hacked in Pakistan: Israeli spyware firm Intellexa, owned by Ex-intel officer, still active amid U.S. sanctions | Omer Benjakob, Eliza Triantafillou & Lorenz Naegeli haaretz.com/israel-news/se…

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Our investigation found that Intellexa's staff seemingly had some form of remote access to infection systems, something other spyware firms have long denied doing. The head of Memento Labs, an Italian hacking tech firm, told TechCrunch's Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai this: techcrunch.com/2025/12/04/san…

Our investigation found that Intellexa's staff seemingly had some form of remote access to infection systems, something other spyware firms have long denied doing. The head of Memento Labs, an Italian hacking tech firm, told <a href="/TechCrunch/">TechCrunch</a>'s <a href="/lorenzofb/">Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai</a> this:

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Intellexa's Aladdin, which allows almost zero-click infections, was firm exposed as being in development by Intellexa last year by Haaretz and Inside Story. Our latest investigation shows its live and operational haaretz.com/israel-news/se…