Israeli Hacker Known as “The Analyzer” Suspected of Hacking Again
Canadian authorities have announced the arrest of a 29-year-old Israeli named Ehud Tenenbaum whom they believe is the notorious hacker known as “The Analyzer” who, as a teenager in 1998, hacked into unclassified computer systems belonging to NASA, the Pentagon, the Israeli parliament and others.
Tenenbaum and three Canadians were arrested for allegedly hacking the computer system of a Calgary-based financial services company and inflating the value on several pre-paid debit card accounts before withdrawing about CDN $1.8 million (about U.S. $1.7 million) from ATMs in Canada and other countries. The arrests followed a months-long investigation by Canadian police and the U.S. Secret Service.
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Israel’s then-prime minister Bibi Netanyahu called Tenenbaum “damn good” after learning of his deeds. But added that he was also “very dangerous, too.” The hacker was eventually sentenced in 2001 to six months of community service in Israel. By then, he was working as a computer security consultant.