UAE uses Israeli software in effort to spy on Qatari, Saudi leaders
A group of former US government intelligence operatives working for the UAE hacked in the iPhones of activists, diplomats and rival overseas leaders with the support of a sophisticated spying instrument named Karma.
The cyber tool enabled the Emirati country to track hundreds of goals starting in 2016, from Qatar's emir along with also a senior Turkish official into a Nobel Peace laureate human-rights activist from Yemen, based on five former operatives and programme records reviewed by Reuters.
The resources interviewed by Reuters weren't Emirati citizens.
Karma was utilized through an offensive cyberoperations unit at the capital, Abu Dhabi, included of Emirati safety officers and former US intelligence operatives working as contractors to the UAE's intelligence agencies.
The occurrence of Karma as well as the hacking device, code-named Project Raven, haven't been previously documented.
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The UAE, together with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt cultivated all political, diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar and enforced a land, sea and air blockade around the Gulf country in June 2017.
Who had been murdered?
The operatives utilized Karma to hack on an iPhone utilized by Sheikh Tamim, in addition to apparatus belonging to Turkey's former Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek along with Oman's head of overseas affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah. It is not clear what substance was taken in their apparatus.
Simsek, who resigned from his place in July, told Reuters that the cyber-intrusion on his telephone was"dreadful and quite upsetting."
The Washington embassies of Qatar, Oman, and Turkey did not reply to multiple mails and calls asking comment about the targeting of political characters in their own countries.
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Informed by Reuters she was targeted, Karman stated she believes she had been picked due to her leadership in Yemen's Arab Spring protests, which erupted into many Arab nations in 2011 and contributed to the overthrow of quite a few leaders.
Americans are"anticipated to encourage the security of human rights defenders and supply them with protection and security methods and resources," she stated,"to not be an instrument in the hands of tyrannies to spy the activists and also to allow them to oppress their peoples."
The prior Raven insiders stated Karma allowed them access to compromising - and - occasionally sexually explicit - photographs of goals. Reuters discovered no signs that the UAE leaked harmful materials found through Karma.
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Back in 2016 and 2017, Karma has been utilized to get photographs, emails, text messages, and place information from goals' iPhones.
The ex-Raven operatives stated Karma could grant access to iPhones by simply uploading telephone numbers or email accounts into an automatic targeting system.
To initiate the accessibility, Karma needed simply to send the goal a text message - the hack subsequently demanded no activity on the part of the receiver.
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Raven was mostly staffed by US intelligence community specialists, who had been compensated via an Emirati cybersecurity company called DarkMatter, according to records reviewed by Reuters.
The organization did not respond to numerous emails and telephone calls requesting comment.
The UAE government bought Karma from a seller outside the nation, the operatives said. Reuters couldn't ascertain the program's creator.
It is not clear if the Karma hack stays in use. The former operatives stated that by the end of 2017, safety upgrades to Apple Inc's iPhone applications had made Karma much less powerful.
The cyber tool enabled the Emirati country to track hundreds of goals starting in 2016, from Qatar's emir along with also a senior Turkish official into a Nobel Peace laureate human-rights activist from Yemen, based on five former operatives and programme records reviewed by Reuters.
The resources interviewed by Reuters weren't Emirati citizens.
Karma was utilized through an offensive cyberoperations unit at the capital, Abu Dhabi, included of Emirati safety officers and former US intelligence operatives working as contractors to the UAE's intelligence agencies.
The occurrence of Karma as well as the hacking device, code-named Project Raven, haven't been previously documented.
http://www.reedmaker55.bravejournal.com/entry/45488
http://www.stjohnsmidtown.org/blog/where-all-may-gather/?sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi78I2rkP3XAhXi4IMKHYm2BLkQFgg1MAg&usg=AOvVaw1plX3tm8OCqfa_vlTOfUmg#comment_form
https://mikanomix.blogspot.com/2016/01/use-your-blogger-blog-url-to-comment-as.html
The UAE, together with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt cultivated all political, diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar and enforced a land, sea and air blockade around the Gulf country in June 2017.
Who had been murdered?
The operatives utilized Karma to hack on an iPhone utilized by Sheikh Tamim, in addition to apparatus belonging to Turkey's former Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek along with Oman's head of overseas affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah. It is not clear what substance was taken in their apparatus.
Simsek, who resigned from his place in July, told Reuters that the cyber-intrusion on his telephone was"dreadful and quite upsetting."
The Washington embassies of Qatar, Oman, and Turkey did not reply to multiple mails and calls asking comment about the targeting of political characters in their own countries.
https://youtubecreator-ru.googleblog.com/2013/09/youtube.html
https://happynewyearimageshds.blogspot.com/2017/11/happy-new-year-images-hd.html
https://www.lily.fi/blogit/coco-sweet-dreams/ruokapoydan-parhain-salaatti-atm?page=6&viewpoint=385#comment-1419512
Informed by Reuters she was targeted, Karman stated she believes she had been picked due to her leadership in Yemen's Arab Spring protests, which erupted into many Arab nations in 2011 and contributed to the overthrow of quite a few leaders.
Americans are"anticipated to encourage the security of human rights defenders and supply them with protection and security methods and resources," she stated,"to not be an instrument in the hands of tyrannies to spy the activists and also to allow them to oppress their peoples."
The prior Raven insiders stated Karma allowed them access to compromising - and - occasionally sexually explicit - photographs of goals. Reuters discovered no signs that the UAE leaked harmful materials found through Karma.
https://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/bobbleshell-edging.html
https://onmogul.com/zaidazam1997
Back in 2016 and 2017, Karma has been utilized to get photographs, emails, text messages, and place information from goals' iPhones.
The ex-Raven operatives stated Karma could grant access to iPhones by simply uploading telephone numbers or email accounts into an automatic targeting system.
To initiate the accessibility, Karma needed simply to send the goal a text message - the hack subsequently demanded no activity on the part of the receiver.
https://justpaste.it/2ebdm
Raven was mostly staffed by US intelligence community specialists, who had been compensated via an Emirati cybersecurity company called DarkMatter, according to records reviewed by Reuters.
The organization did not respond to numerous emails and telephone calls requesting comment.
The UAE government bought Karma from a seller outside the nation, the operatives said. Reuters couldn't ascertain the program's creator.
It is not clear if the Karma hack stays in use. The former operatives stated that by the end of 2017, safety upgrades to Apple Inc's iPhone applications had made Karma much less powerful.
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