The National Cyber Directorate and the National Digital Directorate issued a warning Tuesday about SMS messages impersonating the government's GOV.IL service. The phishing messages request payment via a malicious link and exploit phone display features to appear within official message threads. Authorities said no government systems were breached and advised the public to delete the messages and report suspicious communications to the National Cyber Directorate hotline at 119.
The National Cyber Directorate and the National Digital Directorate issued a joint warning on Tuesday afternoon regarding a phishing campaign that impersonates official SMS messages from the government's GOV.IL service. According to the warning, the attackers send SMS messages requesting payment via a malicious link, exploiting the way SMS threads are displayed on certain devices to appear as part of legitimate government communications. The directorates stressed that no government systems were breached, and the attack is limited to social engineering. The public is advised not to click on the link, not to enter credit card or personal details, and to report any suspicious messages to the National Cyber Directorate's hotline at 119.
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