Israeli intelligence hacked Tehran cameras to monitor Khamenei's movements — Financial Times
The captured images are said to be encrypted and transmitted to servers in Tel Aviv and southern Israel.
According to the Financial Times publication, Israeli intelligence services obtained important information about the movements of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by hacking into Tehran's traffic surveillance cameras.
According to the publication's sources, intelligence operatives gained unauthorized access to surveillance cameras located in the capital, Tehran. Images from these cameras were transmitted in encrypted form to servers in Tel Aviv and southern Israel.
It is reported that the field of view of one of the cameras covered the area on Pasteur Street where Khamenei's residence is located. This allowed the intelligence services to analyze where vehicles stop around the residence, how the security system works, and the pattern of movements within the complex.
It is also said that Israeli intelligence successfully temporarily disabled certain components of about ten mobile communication towers near the residence. As a result, when calls were made via telephone, the communication network appeared busy, which hindered Khamenei's security services from receiving warning signals.
According to the words of one intelligence operative interviewed by the publication, Israeli intelligence services had studied the city of Tehran in detail long before the operation.
"We knew Tehran almost as well as Jerusalem. If you know an area well, you can quickly sense any unusual situation in it," the source emphasized.
Earlier, The New York Times newspaper also reported that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had been monitoring Khamenei for several months.
