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2026-10-15 · Aljazeera

Israeli ad-tech firm helped place spyware on Al Jazeera devices

Israeli advertising technology company Discover-Tech helped place spyware on dozens of devices used by Al Jazeera and other companies, a Citizen Lab investigation prompted by Al Jazeera’s own initial internal probe has confirmed. Al Jazeera Media Network on Thursday said it “condemns the targeting of devices belonging to several of its employees with spyware”. “The network voluntarily collaborated with the researchers, and this cooperation, according to the report, contributed to verifying these attacks and publicly documenting them.” Al Jazeera will continue to “protect its employees and systems”.

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