{
  "id": 14946572,
  "title": "Israeli advertising firm linked to global spyware campaign",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/israeli-advertising-firm-linked-to-global-spyware-campaign",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T11:25:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arabian Post",
    "slug": "arabian-post",
    "url": "https://thearabianpost.com/israeli-advertising-firm-linked-to-global-spyware-campaign/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An Israeli advertising company used online advertisements to track internet users and facilitate spyware infections, potentially exposing hundreds of millions of people worldwide, cybersecurity researchers have disclosed. Investigations published on Thursday by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and advertising security company Confiant identified Discover-Tech as an intermediary connecting…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Proofpoint to acquire Israeli data security firm Varonis in a $6.3 billion deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/proofpoint-to-acquire-israeli-data-security-firm-varonis-in-a-6-3",
        "published": "2026-10-16T09:30:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}