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Trump intelligence leak on Isis laptop bomb ‘came from Israeli hackers’

Israeli officials are concerned that any information shared with the US could now reach Iran via Russia.

June 13, 2017 14:06
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Classified intelligence which President Trump is thought to have shared with Russia was obtained by Israeli team that hacked into Isis computers, it has been reported.

Israeli "cyberoperators" tapped into the IT network of a Syrian-based cell of bombmakers several months ago, according to a report published in the New York Times on Monday.

The intelligence they obtained apparently showed the cell working on explosives which could pass through airport security as laptop batteries. The leaked intelligence led to a ban on laptops and other electronic devices on incoming flights from several Muslim countries to America and Britain.

The information was shared at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the Russian Ambassador to the USA, Sergei Kislyak.