--- title: "Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say" description: "Most outlets led with the revelation that the Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech used online ads to track users and plant spyware, citing research groups as the source. BOL News and Arab News Pakistan added specific details — BOL News highlighted the global scale and spyware deployment, while Arab News Pakistan noted actions taken by Google and IAB Europe against the company. Hum News English and Aaj News (English) included the location (WASHINGTON) and a brief description of the method used. Excerpts were largely consistent in framing the story as a cybersecurity issue involving digital advertising networks." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/14436-israeli-firm-discover-tech-used-online-ads-to-spy-on-users site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say technology · updated 15 Oct 2026, 8:50 PM PKT · 15 Oct 2026 · 7 articles from 6 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 6 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the revelation that the Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech used online ads to track users and plant spyware, citing research groups as the source. BOL News and Arab News Pakistan added specific details — BOL News highlighted the global scale and spyware deployment, while Arab News Pakistan noted actions taken by Google and IAB Europe against the company. Hum News English and Aaj News (English) included the location (WASHINGTON) and a brief description of the method used. Excerpts were largely consistent in framing the story as a cybersecurity issue involving digital advertising networks. ## Same story from 6 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dawn** — [Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say](https://www.dawn.com/news/2037383/israeli-firm-used-online-ads-to-run-vast-spy-operation-researchers-say) · 15 Oct 2026, 8:50 PM PKT > Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech spied on internet users through a sprawling network of online ads that it used to track targets and help hack their devices, two research groups said on Thursday. Its services gave Israel’s Candiru — a spyware company blacklisted by the US government — as well as other Israeli surveillance firms access to advertising platforms run by Google, Comc... - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say](https://www.arabnews.pk/world/israeli-firm-used-online-ads-to-run-vast-spy-operation-researchers-say-3004243) · 15 Oct 2026, 5:15 PM PKT · 91% identical wording to the newest filing > Israeli firm Discover-Tech used online ads to conduct extensive surveillance, affecting millions. Google and IAB Europe have already acted against the company. - **Hum News English** — [Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say](https://humenglish.com/latest/israeli-firm-used-online-ads-to-run-vast-spy-operation-researchers-say/) · 15 Oct 2026, 4:47 PM PKT · 98% identical wording to the newest filing > WASHINGTON: Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech spied on internet users through a sprawling network of online ads that it used to track targets and help hack their devices, two research groups said on Thursday. Its services gave Israel's Candiru, a spyware company blacklisted by the US government, as well as other Israeli surveillance firms access to advertising platforms run by Go... - **BOL News** — [Israeli firm Discover-Tech used online ads to spy on users worldwide](https://www.bolnews.com/technology/israeli-firm-discover-tech-used-online-ads-to-spy-on-users-worldwide) · 15 Oct 2026, 3:38 PM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing > Israeli firm Discover-Tech used online ad networks to track internet users globally & plant spyware. Research groups expose widespread digital espionage. - **Aaj News (English)** — [Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330476603/israeli-firm-used-online-ads-to-run-vast-spy-operation-researchers-say) · 15 Oct 2026, 3:26 PM PKT · 99% identical wording to the newest filing > Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech spied on internet users through a sprawling network of online ads that it used to ​track targets and help hack their devices, two research groups said on Thursday. Its services gave Israel’s Candiru — a spyware company blacklisted by the US government — as well as ‌other Israeli surveillance firms access to advertising platforms run by Google, Co... - **The Express Tribune** — [Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2635015/israeli-firm-used-online-ads-to-run-vast-spy-operation-researchers-say) · 15 Oct 2026, 11:34 AM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing > Reports show how online advertising business can serve as channel for espionage campaigns ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Israeli ad agency accused of tracking internet users through online ads](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15262-israeli-ad-agency-accused-of-using-online-advertising) · 19 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 93% related 7 articles from 6 outlets, 15 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. 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