Hamas reportedly created a fake dating app to lure Israeli soldiers and steal security information

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• Hamas built several fake apps to lure in Israeli soldiers and steal sensitive security information, Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) has claimed. 
• Hundreds of Israeli soldiers were contacted on social media this year by a trove of dummy profiles and asked to download dating and sports apps which would give remote access to hackers.
• Israel first uncovered Hamas’ use of fake social profiles for the purpose of hacking last year.

Hamas built several fake apps to lure in Israeli soldiers and steal sensitive security information, Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) has claimed.

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers were reportedly contacted on social media this year by a trove of dummy profiles and asked to download various apps available on Google Play, including GlanceLove, a fake dating site, and Golden Cup, a World Cup scoring app. 

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