(Reuters) Dan Williams - Israel has launched a cyber hotline, staffed mostly by veterans of military computing units, to enable businesses and private individuals to report suspected hacking and receive real-time solutions. The 119 call-in number to the Computer Emergency Response Center (CERT) is billed by Israel and cyber experts as a world first. "Our job is to mitigate the damage as quickly as possible, to learn about the threats and to spread the knowledge where relevant," said CERT director Lavy Shtokhamer. Since its launch three weeks ago, the hotline has received around 100 calls daily, Shtokhamer said. Most complainants have been victims of cyber-criminals rather than nation-states. Some 15% have been so-called "white hackers," sleuths who find vulnerabilities in corporate or government systems and want them plugged before they can be hit.
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