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Israeli Army Foiled Dozens of Iranian Cyberattacks in Past Year

(Ha'aretz) Anna Ahronheim - "In the past year, the IDF thwarted dozens of attempts by Iran to carry out cyberattacks," a senior Cyber Defense Directorate official said Wednesday. "The IDF and the defense community have developed groundbreaking capabilities to defend against our enemies." In recent years the IDF has identified an increase of 70% in hostile activity. Tehran invests enormous resources in developing offensive cyber power and has 10 cyber units that specifically operate against Israel. (Jerusalem Post) A senior Israeli officer added, "Cyber has become a new dimension of combat over the past decade, and this thing is accelerating like crazy the world over. There is a kind of cyber arms race going on here, in which we have to preempt the enemy. We must win the battle for cyber and spectrum superiority, in both defense and offense. We'll have to put our foot on the gas, because our enemies are also engaged in this."
2022-09-22 00:00:00
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