Trojan Horse developers to be extradited to Israel soon

Michael Haephrati and his wife Ruth Brier-Haephrati, who developed a Trojan Horse program used for industrial espionage in Israel, will be extradited from the UK to Israel shortly. An appeals court in London approved the extradition last Friday, after the couple withdrew their appeal.

Michael Haephrati (44) and Ruth Brier-Haephrati (28) are wanted in Israel for their involvement in the Trojan Horse affair last year, involving the illegal hacking into scores of computers in Israel, including computers belonging to large and leading companies. From their residences in the UK and Germany, the couple are suspected of developing spyware that extracted computer files and entire directories from infected computers. This material was then sent to servers in Israel and other countries. The couple sold the spyware to private investigators, which offered their industrial espionage services to various companies, after the spyware was customized to their needs.


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