A security breach in an app used by the Likud party has exposed the personal information of nearly 6.5 million Israelis to hackers, a cybersecurity expert said Monday.
The applications is used for campaign management by the party, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
News of the data breach comes just weeks before Israelis go to the polls for the third time in under a year.
The Likud party acknowledged that it had "thwarted an attempt" to damage a digital platform used to recruit party supporters on election day.
The party did not respond to inquiries about the data breach.