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Israel Is Under Massive Chinese, Russian Cyber Espionage Attack

(Ynet News) Ronen Bergman - A few months ago, cyber security experts were asked to examine the security of some of Israel's main civilian computer systems. Their report states that "many computers are infected, including computers in schools, hospitals, the Ministry of Interior, national infrastructures, and more - all infected with malware (malicious software)." Some of the malicious software was found deep inside central computer systems, not just on personal desktops. It was estimated that the manpower required for these cyber attacks against Israel is in the hundreds of people and that "it is a country investing whatever it has in these attacks." According to the experts, the malicious programs were not from Iran. A former division commander in the Israel Security Agency said that China and Russia have been trying to attack Israel in a variety of ways, in a manner similar to those carried out against other Western countries. In recent years, at the direction of the ISA, security companies have started implementing various measures against Russian and Chinese espionage in Israel.
2018-08-01 00:00:00
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