Israel Spent Years Hacking Tehran Traffic Cameras to Track Khamenei
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- Israel monitored Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei via Tehran's traffic cameras for years before the strike.
- The operation involved US and Israeli forces, leading to retaliatory strikes from Iran.
- Israeli intelligence compromised Tehran's traffic cameras to track senior officials and security details.
- Unit 8200 and Mossad human sources played key roles in gathering intelligence.
- Data analysis tools processed billions of data points to map decision-making networks.
- Traffic camera footage helped identify security patterns, including home addresses and duty schedules.
- Israel disrupted mobile phone towers near Khamenei's location to block warnings before the strike.