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Did Hamas hack the IDF?

Israeli army officials claim that some of its soldiers were duped by fake Facebook accounts set up by Hamas, which then hacked soldiers' phones and obtained sensitive intelligence information.
An Israeli soldier speaks on his mobile phone at a military outpost on Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights over looking the Israel-Syria border February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR4O8R8
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Just how serious was Hamas' recent cyberspying foray into Israeli intelligence? It wasn't a full-fledged breach, but it was embarrassing.

Israeli Channel 10 reported Jan. 11 that the Israeli army and Shin Bet discovered that Hamas operatives had been communicating with Israeli soldiers and officers for months.

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