Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Israeli intelligence issues warning about using facebook

Israeli intelligence agents are worried that Israel's enemies are using social websites like facebook to collect valuable information. The intelligence agents are recommending that Israelis be careful with what information they leave on sites like Facebook. BBC

he battlefield in the Middle East may be changing. Israeli intelligence agencies have warned citizens of the risks in using social networking sites such as Facebook.

They say that the internet is a war zone between Israel and its enemies including Hamas, Hezbollah and Iranian groups.

According to the Israeli intelligence analyst, Dr Ronen Bergman, Israel's concerns are twofold: first, that Israeli internet sites might be breached and sabotaged; second, that Israeli soldiers might be enticed to give away secrets.[...]

Dr Ronen Bergman says that Hamas claims that it got important information via the internet about intelligence networks and spies and also about some of the elite units in the Israeli army.

Of particular concern are social networking sites such as Facebook.

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