Israeli firms put spyware at Al Jazeera via ads, report says

Candiru, which helps governments hack mobile phones, and ad-tech firm Discover Tech used online advertising platforms to target and infect 45 devices at Al Jazeera. — Pixabay

Two Israeli companies manipulated online advertisements to install surveillance software on dozens of computers at the Qatari news organisation Al Jazeera, researchers have found.

Candiru, which helps governments hack mobile phones, and ad-tech firm Discover Tech used online advertising platforms to target and infect 45 devices at Al Jazeera, according to a report published on Oct 15 by the University of Toronto’s digital watchdog group, Citizen Lab. In 2024 and 2025, the Tel Aviv-based companies used advertisements containing malicious code to implant the spyware, which collected data off the machines, according to the researchers.

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帮助政府入侵手机的Candiru公司和广告技术公司Discover Tech利用在线广告平台，对半岛电视台的45台设备进行了定向攻击和感染。——Pixabay

研究人员发现，两家以色列公司操纵网络广告，在卡塔尔新闻机构半岛电视台的数十台电脑上安装了监控软件。

据多伦多大学数字监督机构“公民实验室”（Citizen Lab）10月15日发布的一份报告显示，帮助政府入侵手机的Candiru公司和广告技术公司Discover Tech利用在线广告平台，针对半岛电视台的45台设备进行定向攻击并植入了病毒。研究人员称，这两家总部位于特拉维夫的公司在2024年和2025年利用含有恶意代码的广告植入了间谍软件，从而收集了这些设备上的数据。

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