Dekel Boni
Israeli ad-tech executive; founder and CEO of Discover-Tech; Citizen Lab AdFection report
| Dekel Boni
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|---|---|
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Ad-tech executive |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of Discover-Tech |
Dekel Boni is an Israeli digital-advertising executive and the founder and chief executive of Discover-Tech. Citizen Lab, citing Israeli company records, identified him as initial director and later sole director/CEO, with a background in digital advertising. Its October 2026 report concluded that Discover-Tech's Controlium platform enabled partners to deliver zero-click mercenary spyware via targeted ads — a technique Citizen Lab called AdFection — including infections of devices at Al Jazeera with spyware from Candiru.[1]
Background
Citizen Lab traced Discover-Tech Ltd to earlier ad-tech work by Boni and Yaniv Basil at RelevanTech (later Glispa Discover), and to Discover-Tech's 2020 takeover of the MyDSP advertising technology previously associated with Matomy/Market Group. Boni was quoted in Affle filings when Discover-Tech sold a "mobile device marketing" business segment in 2021.[1]
Eric Banoun joined Discover-Tech's board soon after founding in 2020 and remained until January 2025.[1]
See also
- Discover-Tech
- Eric Banoun
- Sara Hamou
- Candiru
- Intelos
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bill Marczak et al., How Discover-Tech Turned Targeted Ads Into a Pipeline for Zero-Click Mercenary Spyware, Citizen Lab, 15 October 2026.