The information security officer watched female employees through their laptop cameras: "I just looked at her in the hotel room"

Michael (Miki) Bar, a 43-year-old information security manager from Ashkelon, is accused of hacking into dozens of Israeli companies using malicious software he built with artificial intelligence. He watched female employees through their laptop cameras in their homes, in intimate situations, including their children. Lahav 433 investigators discovered it was not an Iranian attack but a local man. The indictment was filed on September 10.

Michael (Miki) Bar, a 43-year-old married father of three from Ashkelon, is accused in the severe cyber case "Open Tap." Bar, who worked as an information security manager at the company "Hamat," exploited his skills to build malicious software using the AI model "Claude." Over the past six years, he planted malware in the computer systems of 26 of Israel's largest companies, two kibbutzim, and private individuals. Through the software, Bar remotely activated the laptop cameras of female employees and watched them in their private homes, in intimate situations, including their children. Investigators from the National Cyber Unit of Lahav 433 initially suspected an Iranian attack or ransomware hackers but were surprised to discover it was a local man. Bar was arrested on August 18, and during his interrogation claimed his motives were a "technological drive" – a technological challenge to break into protected systems. Investigators reject this version, claiming it was "voyeurism for its own sake," based on folders with dozens of photos of each woman he saved. The indictment was filed on September 10 at the Rishon LeZion Magistrate's Court.

The information security officer watched female employees through their laptop cameras: "I just looked at her in the hotel room"