Release: Israel Ministry of Justice (245 GB)
Published on July 25, 2024 by Lorax Horne
Documents from the Israel Ministry of Justice released April 2024 by Anonymous For Justice. The dataset contains 800,000 emails in HTML format, over 700,000 image files, 200,000 documents and thousands of spreadsheets and presentations. The breach was investigated by the Israeli National Cyber Directorate, who told Haaretz in April 2024: "After the dissemination of the materials relating to the Justice Ministry, an investigation was opened, and in this context, a gag order was imposed on details of the investigation as well as on the information that was taken." Telegram channels sharing the data were shut down.
Research
- Israel maneuvered to prevent disclosure of state secrets amid WhatsApp vs NSO lawsuit (Forbidden Stories)
- Israel’s attempt to sway WhatsApp case casts doubt on its ability to deal with NSO spyware cases (Amnesty International)
- Wie Israel die Überwachungssoftware Pegasus zum Staatsgeheimnis machte (Der Standard)
- Israel tried to frustrate US lawsuit over Pegasus spyware, leak suggests (The Guardian)
- So versucht Israel, ein Staatsgeheimnis zu wahren (Der Spiegel)
- Les manœuvres d’Israël pour dissimuler ses secrets d’Etat liés à du cyberespionnage (Radio France)
- Wie Israel Geheimdokumente verschwinden ließ (Die Zeit)
References
- Iran-linked website leaks secret Israeli data (Haaretz) Archive link
- Israel's Justice Ministry reviewing 'cyber incident' after hacktivists' claim breach (Reuters)
Editor Notes
See also Israeli Defense Forces (Ganosec).
Disclaimer
This dataset was released in the buildup to, in the midst of, or in the aftermath of a cyberwar or hybrid war. Therefore, there is an increased chance of malware, ulterior motives and altered or implanted data, or false flags/fake personas. As a result, we encourage readers, researchers and journalists to take additional care with the data. This is a standard disclaimer that will be added to all datasets in the Cyberwar category.