Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Israel Gets Ready For Cyberwar

Unit 8200's base in Har Avital, Golan Heights, courtesy of Marion Doss via Wikimedia Commons.

Enter Unit 8200: Israel Arms For Cyberwar -- UPI

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 11 (UPI) -- Amid mounting tensions in the Middle East, Israel's outgoing internal security chief, Yuval Diskin, says the Jewish state has been the target of attempted cyberattacks on key state infrastructure.

The attacker's identity was not disclosed, if indeed it is known. But the apparently unsuccessful attempts may have been retaliation by Iran for recent cyberattacks, blamed on Israel, on Tehran's contentious nuclear program.

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My Comment: Forgot to post this story last week ..... an Israeli news report was published two weeks ago that detailed a cyber attack against critical Israeli networks .... Shin Bet: Critical infrastructure targeted by cyber-warfare. And now .... we have this UPI report. Hmmmm .... are the Israelis telling their enemies that they are ready for them?

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