Khaberni - The Israeli newspaper "Israel Today" reported that the cybersecurity company "Paragon Solutions" accidentally published photos on the "LinkedIn" platform that showed part of the internal operating interface of its spyware program known as "Graphite," before subsequently deleting them.
The photos revealed an internal control panel containing technical data, including operation logs, a foreign phone number, and data linked to encrypted messaging applications.
The photo leak sparked criticism among cybersecurity experts, who saw the exposure of a spyware operating interface as a serious security flaw in light of the usual secrecy surrounding the tools and technologies of this type of software.
The newspaper explained that the "Graphite" program is marketed to governmental bodies and is used to infiltrate smartphones and access their content, including messages and photos, with the capability to remotely operate the camera and microphone without the device owner's knowledge.
The newspaper did not provide details about the circumstances of the photo release or how they appeared on the platform, nor have there been any official comments from the company or from Israeli authorities regarding the incident so far.
However, Dutch cybersecurity researcher Jor van Bergen mentioned in a post on the "X" platform that the legal advisor of "Paragon" was the one who accidentally uploaded the photo on LinkedIn, thus exposing the program's control panel.
Paragon is one of several companies that have emerged in recent years providing government clients with complex and advanced surveillance tools.
Experts confirm that these companies facilitate the commission of human rights violations under the guise of national security.
This leak brings to the forefront again the controversy surrounding Israeli spying software, including the "Pegasus" program developed by the company "NSO." In 2022, the newspaper "Haaretz" disclosed a list including 178 confirmed victims from various countries, among them journalists, human rights activists, and officials.
"Pegasus" is one of the most famous digital spying tools, and international investigations have shown that it has been used to infiltrate phones by exploiting technical vulnerabilities, which prompted the US Department of Commerce to place the company "NSO" on its blacklist, amid ongoing debate about privacy violations and targeting of dissidents and journalists worldwide.
