Israel monitors users via ads

Research reports have revealed that the Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech uses an extensive network of online ads to track targets and compromise their devices. The company offers services to Israeli espionage agencies, such as Candiru—which is listed on the U.S. blacklist—and grants access to advertising platforms managed by companies like Google and Yandex Russia, enabling widespread spy campaigns. It has been shown that malicious ads from Discover-Tech targeted over 120,000 websites and 75,000 applications, successfully identifying user identities and possibly stealing phone numbers, with some ads used to deploy spyware onto users' devices. The report confirms that Discover-Tech's activities have led to the targeting of high-ranking officials, including U.S. Defense Department employees and United Nations personnel. The company is accused of providing espionage software used to hack Windows devices in the Qatari Al Jazeera network, among others. As a result, Discover-Tech has been removed from certain advertising markets following investigations by Google and cyber security teams, amidst warnings about emerging security threats stemming from the exploitation of digital advertising for widespread spying.

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