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<img src = "http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnews.com/content/fox-news/world/2018/07/03/hamas-tried-to-spy-on-soldiers- with-fake-dating-apps-israeli-military-says / _jcr_content / by / featured_image / media-0.img.jpg / 931/524 / 1530633028895.jpg? ve = 1 & tl = 1 & text = big-top-image "alt = "Hamas militants have been trying to trick Israeli soldiers into downloading fake dating apps to try to hack secure information, according to military officials," military officials said.
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In the last devious plot of the terrorist group targeting Israeli soldiers, Hamas turned to the most powerful weapon of all – love.
Israel Defense Forces discovered Tuesday a plot hatched by Hamas militants. the media to learn the personal information of soldiers and then "recover sensitive security information" by asking soldiers to download malicious applications that turned their cell phones into tools for the enemy
Activists Hamas, pretending to be an attractive woman to soldiers on platforms such as Facebook, and then moving conversations to the Whatsapp text messaging service. After receiving dozens of reports of soldiers receiving unusual messages, the military launched the "Broken Heart" operation to uncover the plot.
"Shortly after the first attacker approached us, we had already started to receive dozens of suspicious reports, numbers and applications on social networks," said Colonel A., head of the US Department of Justice. Israeli army security information, in a press release. "In investigating this information, we discovered a hostile infrastructure that Hamas has tried to use to keep in touch with IDF soldiers and encourage them to download harmful applications, and use the soldiers to extract classified information. "
discovered three Hamas-operated apps on Google Play that had been downloaded about 100 times by soldiers since early in the year.The military said that the first two applications were called Glancelove and Winkchat, supposed dating apps. th, the Golden Cup, was filled with information about the World Cup being held in Russia.
A fake dating app that Hamas militants tried to install Israeli soldiers.
(IDF)
The photos belonged to real women whose photos and personal data had been stolen from their Facebook profiles, some of which were lightly clothed and kissed. Conversations were conducted in daily Hebrew from Israeli mobile numbers and the military said that those who operated the accounts were not necessarily based in Gaza.
Sometimes, to conceal an incorrect Hebrew, the person who claimed to be new immigrants
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A Senior Israeli intelligence official told the Associated Press that no damage had been done "Once again, Hamas tried to deceive our soldiers on social networks." Once again, Hamas has failed, "said the officer in a briefing to reporters at the army headquarters on Wednesday.
Hamas had no immediate comment on the plot, according to AP
A fake Facebook profile used by Hamas militants.
(IDF)
Associated Press contributed to this report
