Three secret military unit soldiers have been arrested

Three IDF Military Intelligence Directorate soldiers have been arrested after being suspected of commiting computer crimes

Oct 08, 2014, 02:23PM | Yael Klein

Computer crime suspicions Channel 2 News

3 soldiers in the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate have been arrested for suspicions of computer crimes. IDF's Criminal Investigation Division has been investigating the incident, probing to see whether the three soldiers took information outside of the military. Additional arrests are predicted to be made in the affair.

Three soldiers serving in secret IDF Military Intelligence Directorate units were arrested yesterday after being suspected of committing computer crimes. The special investigation has been conducted for a while now by the IDF Criminal Investigation Division, which has led to the recent arrests, as was first discovered by Channel 2 News.
The soldiers were taken to discussions concerning their arrests yesterday, and today they were taken to further discussions in the duty court-martial in Tzrifin. The IDF Criminal Investigation Division is investigating, among other things, whether the soldiers took out information outside military perimeters.
"This affair appears to be very serious, however it will be investigated more deeply, and further arrests will be made", a source involved in the investigation said. The soldiers serve in highly classified units. Some of them are represented by the military defense attorney.