Report: Israeli company sold surveillance equipment to Iran
According to a report by Bloomberg, Allot Communications Ltd. sent Internet-monitoring products to Denmark, where they were repackaged and sold to a distributor in Iran.
By Haaretz Tags: IranAn Israeli company has been selling Iran Internet-monitoring equipment through a distributor in Denmark, Bloomberg news agency reported on Friday. The report cites Israeli and Danish business partners of an Iranian man named Hossein, to whom the equipment was sent.
According to the report, the company, Allot Communications Ltd, sent the surveillance equipment to a Danish distributor, RanTek A/S, which repackaged the gear and shipped it to Iran. Trade with Iran is prohibited under Israeli law.
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A mother watches her daughter, who is in class at Pishtaz School, from home via the internet, in Tehran October 19, 2011. |
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The report claims three former employees for Allot said it was well known inside the company that the equipment was headed for Iran. Officials at Allot told Bloomberg they have no knowledge of products sent to Iran.
NetEnforcer, the product sold to Iran conducts "deep packet inspection" of Internet networks, and has commercial uses such as optimizing traffic. Yet the software can be used to intercept personal emails and other private data, or to prevent people from using the Web. According to the report, "deep packet inspection" technology was used in Tunisia to arrest dissidents.
Bloomberg quotes Jay Kalish, executive director of investor relations at Allot, as saying that "we do not authorize any sales to Iran." He said that if products were sent to Iran that would constitute a breach of contract.
The Danish company RanTek did not respond to Bloomberg's requests for comments.
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It just goes to show: Greed is thicker than blood...
Genuine Israeli achievement !
Reverse engeneering.
This article is not surprising because Iran purchases all kinds of weapons through the black market, and has since their revolution in 1979. This black market expertise and secrecy help maintain their nuclear weapons program.
I'm sure US embargo laws would never be applied to Israel.
The embargo does apply to Israel, by preventing its competition from selling, thus locking the market to Israeli companies...
Bet you find some...
Money rules now in Israel. If we could we would be selling nukes...
Amazing how greed can cause people to assist a terrible regime. They not only worked against Israel, they worked against the people of Iran who tried to organize protests against the government.
into the top Iranian secrets ! It's amazing Israeli intelligence achievement !
Israel sells nukes to iran!
Keep up the good business. Shalom.