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Special Forces operatives have worked with American videogame company Activision Blizzard as advisers on its phenomenally successful Call of Duty first-person shooter franchise, while the U.S. military has used such games to boost recruitment.

But the court heard that Farouk was an undercover operative and through their communication with him the police were able to stop their plans.

Even his inner circle has been intimidated by his strategy of entrusting command of the army to his closest associates and giving Israeli operatives the job of training elite troops and his personal security detail.

Many were directly hit by air strikes which the Israeli military said targeted operatives of Hamas and other armed groups.

For the last few years operatives from hacking teams like Lazarus Group have focussed on attacking cryptocurrency companies for large thefts of digital tokens.