Computer hack reveals identity of Syrians in contact with Israel

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/computer-hack-reveals-identity-of-syrians-in-contact-with-israel/

By Elhanan Miller
The Times of Israel
July 12, 2015

Computer hackers likely working for the Syrian regime and Hezbollah have 
managed to penetrate the computers of Israeli and American activists 
working with the Syrian opposition, exposing sensitive contacts between 
the sides.

Al-Akhbar, a newspaper serving as Hezbollah’s mouthpiece in Lebanon, 
published a series of articles over the weekend purporting to divulge 
correspondence between Mendi Safadi, a Druze Israeli and former political 
adviser to Deputy Regional Cooperation Minister Ayoub Kara, with members 
of the Syrian opposition around the world, taken from taken from Safadi’s 
computer.

The article also contains screenshots of word documents and text message 
exchanges saved on Safadi’s computer.

The article alleged that Safadi, working on behalf of the Israeli 
government, tried to recruit Israeli agents in Syria and Lebanon, smuggle 
weapons into the hands of Islamist rebel groups in Syria, and locate 
targets within Syria to be bombed by coalition forces.

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