Security Services 'Foiled Massive Cyber-Attack on Israel'

Arutz Sheva ^ | 8-28-14 | Ari Soffer

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

The IDF and Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) prevented a major cyber attack on Israel during Operation Protective Edge, military officials say.

According to the IDF's official blog, the unprecedented attack was carried out by anti-Israel hackers "from all over the world", aided by the Iranian government. The coordinated attack was timed to coincide with Al Quds (Jerusalem) Day, the yearly anti-Israel event organised worldwide by the Iranian regime.

The IDF's cyber defense division was drafted in to mount a defense as hackers mounted a systematic attempt to take down Israeli websites. It was joined by the Shin Bet security services, which recently revealed it had set up an elite cyber-defense unit to defend against precisely such an eventuality.

The incident underscored how at the same time as Hamas and Islamic Jihad are improving their rocket and tunnel capabilities, Israeli cyberspace also faces a real threat from an increasingly innovative enemy.

"It wasn’t like this in previous operations," said Col. N, who heads the army's cyber defense division. "For the first time, there was an organized cyber defense effort alongside combat operations in the field. This was a new reality."

While previous cyber attacks were either the work of lone individuals or relatively amateurish hacker collectives, this latest attempt was far more professional...

[BCW]

Defense of - then response to - all 7 OSI levels needs to be the standard!

[onedoug]

Very good!

When are they going to finish off hamas?

[elcid1970]

When are they going to pop an EMP over Teheran & cut off the Iranians’ monkeyshines in this field?

If the mullahcracy was left confused & incommunicado by an Israeli EMP, the entire country would erupt in chaos within hours if not minutes.