The Israeli cyber-de-defect stopped during Internet Internet crimes against Sting children

A high -ranking member of the Israeli cybersecurity management was recently arrested in Las Vegas as part of an infiltration bite operation involving the Internet against children, according to the State Department.

A joint operation between the city’s police and the FBI which targeted children’s sex predators led to the arrest of Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, a man who, according to many media, was identified as a member of the National Cyber Direction of Israel, which operates from the office of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mediate previously reported that the LinkedIn profile of Alexandrovich Sheedind also identified him as an official of the agency. The Jerusalem Post says that Alexandrovich has worked “in a technical role in cyber-directing”, and Klas-TV, a subsidiary of CBS News, also claims to have confirmed that an “official of the Israeli government was one of the eight arrested” during the weekend, and that Alexandrovich was in the city for “an event cyber”. Blackhat, the famous cybersecurity conference, recently took place in Vegas.

In addition, the American government seems to have confirmed a large part of this information. The X has the Bureau of the Affairs of the State Department of the Middle East Affairs has published on the arrest, in an apparent effort to dispel rumors on the Internet that the government had intervened on behalf of Alexandrovich. “The State Department is aware that Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, an Israeli citizen, was arrested in Las Vegas and received a hearing date for the solicitation of the electronically sex of a minor,” said the post. “He did not claim diplomatic immunity and was released by a state judge pending a hearing date. Any complaint that the United States government has been false.” When it was contacted to comment by Gizmodo, the State Department simply referred to its tweet.

Alexandrovich faces an accusation of attracting a child with a computer for sexual acts, writes Klas. He was authorized to leave after having a deposit of $ 10,000, adds the point of sale, citing the judicial archives.

An archived Haaretz report indicates that a “senior official of Israel’s national cyber-director” had been questioned in Vegas for an alleged online solicitation of a minor, but does not identify the official by name. However, the report also includes a declaration of Israeli cyberbullying, which admits that one of its employees was questioned by the authorities during a trip to the United States, the press release will read the management will act accordingly. »»

Gizmodo contacted the Las Vegas police service and the Israeli government for more information.