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Former Israeli prime minister publicly admitted to secretly smuggling tens of thousands of SpaceX Starlink devices to Iran in an attempt to overthrow the regime.
According to Mars Finance, on June 24th, Israeli opposition leader and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett publicly admitted on June 23rd that during his tenure in power from 2021 to 2022, he purchased tens of thousands of SpaceX Starlink satellite receivers and secretly smuggled them into Iran to support anti-government protesters attempting to overthrow the Iranian regime. Bennett stated that the current Netanyahu government has failed to continue advancing this plan. This statement marks the first time an Israeli official has publicly confirmed such actions. Previously, Iran had repeatedly accused Israel and the United States of smuggling satellite equipment into its territory to undermine national security. Starlink has not obtained an operating license in Iran, but Musk had previously stated that services were already available in Iran. The report also revealed a broader picture of Israeli intelligence operations in Iran. Mossad has long used technical means to infiltrate surveillance and traffic cameras within Iran, combining AI technology with satellite imagery to construct intelligence mosaics. In the April 2026 Hezbollah pager bombings, Mossad had pre-planted miniature explosives in thousands of devices, causing casualties among several mid-level commanders. That same month, a large number of US-made core communication devices within Iran were paralyzed, forcing the authorities to frequently implement international network isolation measures. Politically, Israel's next general election will be held no later than October of this year, and Netanyahu's approval rating has fallen from 40.5% in early March to 29.4%. Bennett has stated that if he returns to power, he will strive to overthrow the Iranian regime through economic and industrial sabotage.
Ant Group is secretly testing an AI version of Alipay.
PANews reported on June 14th that, according to Jiemian News, Ant Group is secretly testing an AI-powered version of Alipay. This new version will revolutionize user interaction, allowing users to access a native AI interface with a single click, enabling intelligent services and financial management. The report states that the release date for the new version is undetermined. Ant Group declined to comment.
In a second instance trial of a 660,000 yuan cryptocurrency theft case in Wuhan, China, the verdict was revised: the stolen amount was determined based on the actual costs paid by the victims, and the main culprit was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison.
According to Mars Finance, on June 6th, the *Procuratorial Daily* reported that Lin, Zeng, and Dai conspired to use cryptocurrency trading as a pretext to secretly photograph victims' digital wallet private keys during transactions. After the cryptocurrency was credited to their accounts, they secretly logged into the victims' wallets to cancel the transactions and transfer the cryptocurrency back to their controlled accounts. The three committed this crime three times, causing victims a total economic loss of 660,000 yuan. The court of first instance held that, in the absence of clear judicial interpretations regarding the calculation of cryptocurrency value and sentencing standards, it was inappropriate to directly determine the amount involved as exceptionally large based solely on the 660,000 yuan purchased by the victims. Therefore, they were sentenced under "other serious circumstances," receiving prison terms ranging from eight years to five years and six months, along with fines. The Hanyang District Procuratorate of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, subsequently filed an appeal, which was supported by the Wuhan Municipal Procuratorate. The prosecution argued that the court of first instance applied the law incorrectly and imposed excessively lenient sentences. Prosecutor Dai Wentao of the Wuhan Municipal People's Procuratorate stated that arguing that the value of virtual currency cannot be determined when the victim has a clear estimate of their loss is logically contradictory and constitutes an error in the application of law. In judicial practice, using the price at which stolen goods are sold or the transaction price as the basis for determining the amount of theft is the mainstream practice. Determining the value of virtual currency based on the actual cost paid by the victim has factual, legal, and practical basis. The Wuhan Intermediate People's Court, in its second instance judgment, adopted the prosecution's opinion, overturning the relevant parts of the original judgment and instead determining that the amount stolen was exceptionally large. The court sentenced the principal offender, Lin, to ten years and six months imprisonment for theft, and sentenced accomplices Zeng and Dai to eight years imprisonment, each with a fine.
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