Israeli Firms Turned Online Ads Into Spyware Pipeline at Al Jazeera, Report Says

Israeli Firms Placed Spyware at Al Jazeera via Ads, Report Says

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab found that two Israeli companies, Candiru and ad-tech firm Discover Tech, used online advertising platforms to install surveillance software on 45 computers at Al Jazeera. The Tel Aviv-based firms embedded malicious code in ads during 2024 and 2025, infecting devices at the Qatari news organization and collecting data from them.