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Israel Police: The National Cyber Unit at Lahav 433 has completed its investigation of an Ashkelon resident (44) who infiltrated malware into hundreds of computers at dozens of companies in the economy and the private sector.

Israel Police National Cyber Unit investigates Ashkelon man for malware, financial damage exceeding 2 million shekels, and child exploitation.

Official statementIsrael Police

In addition, the defendant documented minors, in some cases, they were photographed naked and their pictures were saved on the defendant’s computers. As part of the investigation, nearly 60 testimonies were taken from the victims and from IR (Cyber Incident Response) companies that provided services to the affected companies. The total accumulated financial damage to the companies stands at over two million shekels. Over the past weekend, after 24 days of arrest, an indictment was filed against him for offenses under the Computer Law, the Privacy Protection Law, the Wiretapping Law, theft, and indecent acts.