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Israeli Likud Party Third-Party Breach (March 2021)

📅 2021-03-01 🏢 Elector Software
Primary Source ↗

Incident Details

Personal details of all Israeli voters again leaked online, day before election. Anonymous hackers publish databases with 6.5 million names and ID numbers, including where people are set to vote, in latest election-related privacy scandal. Personal details of all voters were published online Monday, in another massive leak of Israelis’ personal information before Knesset elections. The data breach was apparently linked to the Elector app, which was blamed for previous leaks when it was being used by the ruling Likud party to boost turnout. Third-party company: Elector Software.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Compromise of third-party service provider / vendor relationship
Vendor / Product
Elector Software
Supply Chain Attack
✅ Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise

Timeline

  1. 2021-03-01 Breach occurred
  2. 2021-03-22 Publicly disclosed