Guy Klisman
Israeli private-intelligence executive; founder of Bluehawk CI; Meta surveillance-for-hire blacklist
| Guy Klisman
| |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Private intelligence executive |
| Known for | Founder and owner of Bluehawk CI |
Guy Klisman is an Israeli private-intelligence executive and the founder and owner of Bluehawk CI, a Herzliya-based firm. Ctech described him as a former senior officer in the IDF Intelligence Corps who reached the rank of major.[1]
Bluehawk CI and Meta
In December 2021 Meta named Bluehawk among seven "cyber-mercenary" firms whose Facebook and Instagram accounts it suspended. Meta said Bluehawk sold surveillance-for-hire activities including social engineering and managing fake accounts, and that operatives posed as journalists for outlets including Fox News and Italy's La Stampa. The Daily Beast earlier attributed fake Fox News and La Stampa personas used in approaches related to litigation against Ras Al Khaimah to Bluehawk.[2][3][1]
Bluehawk told Ctech it rejected Meta's claims, described itself as active in open-source business intelligence for litigation, and denied connections to NSO Group or offensive cyber methods.[1]
Legal history
Ctech reported that in 2016 Israeli prosecutors indicted Klisman for counterfeiting bailiff and court documents after bankruptcy-related debts; a judge found him guilty but did not formally convict him. A separate 2018 fraud indictment over unauthorised credit-card use was later withdrawn. Bluehawk's response said Klisman "was never bankrupt and was never convicted."[1]
See also
- Bluehawk CI
- Cobwebs Technologies
- Black Cube
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tomer Ganon, The forgery and fraud history of the intelligence officer blacklisted by Meta, Ctech, 20 December 2021.
- ↑ Catalin Cimpanu, Facebook takes down accounts for seven "cyber-mercenary" firms, The Record, 16 December 2021.
- ↑ Israeli Snoop-for-Hire Posed as a Fox News Journalist for a Spy Operation, The Daily Beast.