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State SecurityREPORT #06 | CLASSIFIED TOPIC

The Recruiter in Your Pocket: How Telegram Became an Iranian Intel Hub?

Turning the citizen's smartphone into a weapon: Analyzing "One-Click Agent" recruitment methods.

In the past, recruiting an agent was a long and dangerous process. Today, Iranian intelligence does it with the click of a button. The arena: Telegram. The target: Innocent Israeli citizens.

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Anatomy of Digital Recruitment

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The Cold Call: Offers for simple, lucrative work in job search or crypto groups.

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Escalation: From filming street signs to gathering base intel or damaging infrastructure.

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Encrypted Payment: Wage transfer through crypto wallets, preventing detection of funding sources.

Institutional Helplessness

Why do security bodies struggle? Because of the critical mass. Telegram allows for "trawl fishing" of thousands of people simultaneously. Using AI and fluent local language, the enemy hides within the digital white noise.

The War for Loyalty Passes Through the Code

The best defense isn't a fence, but the ability to decode recruitment networks before they make contact.

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