Israeli linked to India's BellTroX in hacker-for-hire scheme seeks pleIsraeli private deal in US

Israeli private detective Aviram Azari is being charged in relation to BellTroX InfoTech Services, which was behind a hacking campaign that targeted lawyers, government officials, businessmen, investors and activists around the world.

Washington: An Israeli private detective detained in New York since 2019 on charges of involvement in a hacker-for-hire scheme wants a plea deal, according to a letter filed in court by his lawyer.

The unusual case has revealed the impacts of a secretive but thriving cyberespionage industry in India.

Federal prosecutors say the jailed detective, Aviram Azari, organised a series of hacking missions through unnamed third parties against American companies base.

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