Ari Ben Am, Bridget Toomey
Iran’s probing of Israeli society for vulnerabilities is expanding beyond the Jewish population. Israeli NGO “FakeReporter” uncovered a multipronged influence operation targeting Israel’s Arab population on December 19. The suspected Iranian operation, which operated in Arabic, shared politically contentious content intended to stoke tensions in Israel’s Arab community. Through a range of false organizations and accounts, this influence network convinced legitimate political, media, and civil society actors to amplify its message without knowing who was truly behind it.
This operation is only the latest in Iran’s unending — and perpetually creative — malign cyber campaigns. Despite an end to military strikes between Iran and Israel, the ongoing “shadow war” between the two presents the perfect arena for Tehran to exploit cyber vulnerabilities.
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