PARIS (Reuters) – French police have opened an investigation into dying threats obtained by three Israeli athletes on the Paris Olympic Video games, the Paris’ prosecutors workplace mentioned on Sunday.
Anti-cybercrime officers are additionally investigating the discharge of athletes’ private knowledge on social networks on Friday and in search of to have it eliminated, prosecutors mentioned in an announcement.
In an announcement on Thursday, Israel’s Nationwide Cyber Directorate mentioned that after an investigation it had come to the conclusion that Iranian hackers had been creating social media channels to publish private details about members of the Israeli delegation and ship them threatening messages.
On the identical day, Israel’s overseas minister warned his French counterpart of a possible Iranian-backed plot to focus on Israeli athletes and vacationers in the course of the Paris Olympic Video games.
The Iranian mission to the United Nations mentioned in an announcement on Thursday: “Terrorist acts don’t have any place within the rules of resistance teams; lies and deceit can not change the roles of the plaintiff and the accused.”
Israeli athletes on the Video games are being escorted to and from occasions by elite tactical items and given 24-hour safety all through the Olympics, officers say. Israel’s inner safety service, Shin Wager, helps with safety.
“Whole help for the measures which can be being taken by the French authorities,” an Israeli diplomatic supply mentioned. “This sends an necessary message to people and organizations trying to threaten athletes,” the supply added.
