Finance & economics | Caught short

Who made millions trading the October 7th attacks?

Researchers highlight suspicious activity

Aerial picture shows abandoned and torched vehicles at the site of the October 7th attack on the Supernova music Festival in southern Israel
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|Washington, DC

Before its attack on October 7th, Hamas maintained tight operational security. The assault blindsided Israel’s spies, and seems to have surprised even Hamas’s political leaders. But did someone know enough to profit? A new paper by Robert Jackson Jr, a former commissioner of America’s Securities and Exchange Commission, and Joshua Mitts of Columbia University suggests so.

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