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'Zeus' Hacker Group Strikes Israeli Olympic Athletes in Data Leak (www.darkreading.com)

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The sensitive data of several Israeli athletes in the Paris Olympic Games was published on Telegram in an alleged doxing attack on Friday.

A hacking group calling itself "Zeus" (likely a nod to the Games' Greek origins) is allegedly responsible, and also purportedly leaked the military status of Israeli athletes on social media a day prior.

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[-] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 46 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Good. Many of these "athletes" served in the israeli occupation forces and will have participated in human rights abuses against Palestinians which have now become completely normalized in that society.

Israel should not be participating in these games It is a stain on the Olympics.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 20 points 3 months ago

"Good"? I've seen some really strange takes here, but this is wild. I'm pretty sure Israel has compulsory service for nearly all citizens, so serving in the IDF isn't exactly a choice they would have necessarily made willingly. To suggest that they deserve to be doxxed for something they had no say in is absurd.

Point your anger at the right people.

[-] Krzd@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Fuck that. They have an international platform to say something against the ongoing genocide and are instead supporting it by participating under the Israeli flag.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So we should dox the athletes for it? Seriously?

[-] Krzd@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Yes. They are supporting genocide. And it's not even "silence is compliance" but they're literally 'advertising' their country during a genocide. And yes I know that the Olympics is an extremely big and important thing for athletes, but that's exactly why you have the option to compete without representing a nation.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago

And what do you think doxxing the athletes accomplishes, exactly? What good do you think comes of it? What purpose does it serve?

[-] tjsauce@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Exactly!!! If we're already assuming they served in the military, why do we need any more information than their name? What is the end goal of the dox?

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 points 3 months ago

I believe the end goal is to cause conversations like the above.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

For the stupid people like me, what is the conversations they are trying to have. All I see is someone advocating they since they are Israeli they should be doxxed for being so.

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago

For them I don't think it matters. I think the whole goal is to have further awareness and having people burning time on it like we're doing right now brings more awareness to the issue regardless what side you're on. They believe their side is just so that it will win out in general and bringing further awareness and making people think about it can only be a good thing.

Tl;Dr: awareness.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io -2 points 3 months ago

You're not stupid; that's exactly what they're doing.

[-] Krzd@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

I'm not though? They're Israelis that have the platform to speak out against the genocide and are not doing so, but instead are 'advertising' for their country.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 0 points 3 months ago

Do you honestly think they're allowed to do something like that?

[-] Krzd@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Probably not, however depending on how they phrase it I doubt there would be extreme consequences and even then, there have been countless examples of athletes refusing to return to their home countries and instead staying in the host countries.

[-] Krzd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I haven't looked at the dox, but if they have apartments/properties outside of Israel, it'll lead to some good ol' vandalism. With addresses inside Israel it's most likely gonna be harassment in the form of letters and packages. Same goes for phone numbers and email addresses.

Essentially, make their lives as uncomfortable as possible. And because they know they've been doxed, it's unlikely to lead to physical violence, because I doubt they're stupid enough to stay at (now publicly known) addresses outside of Israel.

[-] polumrak@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Oh no, a German calling all the Jews criminals indiscriminately and calling for extreme lawless measures against "that nation of criminals". That is such a fresh take.

[-] Krzd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

See here

[-] Chozo@fedia.io -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And because they know they've been doxed, it's unlikely to lead to physical violence, because I doubt they're stupid enough to stay at (now publicly known) addresses outside of Israel.

Huh, so you're a supporter of forcing people out of their homes when they've committed no crime other than have the misfortune of being born in the wrong country? Where have I seen this one before...

[-] Krzd@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Huh, so you're a supporter of forcing people out of their homes when they've committed no crime other than have the misfortune of being born in the wrong country? Where have I seen this one before...

Reading comprehension just isn't your thing is it?

I literally said it's about them advertising their country and not speaking out despite having the platform. It has nothing to do with where they're born.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io -5 points 3 months ago

So you still support forcing people out of their homes, though? Cool, nice chatting with you, Bibi.

[-] kaffiene@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Dunno... Genocide, or decorum. It's a toughie

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I'm pretty sure Israel has compulsory service for nearly all citizens, so serving in the IDF isn't exactly a choice they would have necessarily made willingly. To suggest that they deserve to be doxxed for something they had no say in is absurd.

Big "I was just following orders" energy here.

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

So they should have refused and taken the punishment? That I'm sure you know what it is, since you seem so well informed.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 0 points 3 months ago

What did the athlete even do, then?

[-] spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

The Olympics were literally held in Nazi Germany, they have no respectability to stain...

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago

Why "athletes" in scare quotes?

The only reason Russia isn't directly participating in the games is their athletes are dopers. You think otherwise Russia is a stand-up country? Yet their "athletes" (?) are there.

[-] MacStache@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago

As a sidenote... Is Zeus depicted as caressing and admiring his malformed god-cock in that statue or what the hell am I looking at?

[-] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago

Cornucopia (Latin: “horn of abundance”) is an old symbol of plenty.

But yes, I imagine this shot was chosen for its suggestive framing to congratulate the hackers for bullying the bullies.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

I feel like doxxing someone is more of an Odin or Athena type of thing. Zeus is more into rape and stalking, just ask Io

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