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Intel: Voter data leak threatens to draw Netanyahu into new investigation

Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority announced the launch of an investigation into a massive data leak by a website for a mobile phone app used by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party.
A man holds prayer beads while casting his ballot as Israelis began voting in a parliamentary election, at a polling station in the Bedouin city of Rahat in Israel's southern Negev Desert April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC1EA7EA6CE0

Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority announced the launch of an investigation into a massive data leak by a website for a mobile phone app used by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, just weeks before the country heads to the polls for the third general election in less than one year.

The Likud uploaded the entire Israeli national voter registry — including personal data such as full names, phone numbers, addresses and national ID numbers — to the website of an app called “Elector.” The app is designed to communicate information to voters ahead of the March 2 elections.

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