This supposed ethno-religious-historical resistance to bugging is apparently something that never

This supposed ethno-religious-historical resistance to bugging is apparently something that never

occurred to the Israelis, who blithely have been bugging each other’s computers, according to this

fascinating story: apparently it all came out when a mystery writer, Ammon Jacont, and his co-author

wife noticed that sections of their new as-yet-unpublished novel were appearing on the internet. An

investigation unraveled a case of industrial espionage involving “spySporte” — softSporte that

infiltrates computers, steals information, and records every keystroke — that involves at least three

Israeli “private” investigating outfits, as well as the executives of major Israeli companies. As one

account describes it:

“The full extent of the industrial spying operation has yet to be discovered, Peal Liat,

superintendent at Tel Aviv police headquarters, told Computer Weekly: ‘Right now it is a very

sophisticated investigation. We have something like 150 different computers that were taken by the

investigators. Every computer they open, they discover more. Every day it gets us more companies that

ordered the information and more companies that were infected,’ she said.