https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-attacks-israel-in-cybersphere-daily-netanyahu-charges/
By Shoshanna Solomon
The Times of Israel
January 29, 2019
Iranian hackers target Israel every day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
charged at a cybersecurity conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
"Iran attacks Israel on a daily basis," he told a gathering of government
officials, cybersecurity experts and entrepreneurs at the CyberTech
conference. "We monitor these attacks, we see these attacks and we foil
these attacks all the time."
Israeli officials have long accused Iran of seeking to hack important
systems, as well as voiced concerns that it could try to meddle in the
April 6 elections. The Islamic Republic has also been named by other
Western powers as a rising force in cyberwarfare.
Meanwhile, Tehran's nuclear program has reportedly been the target of
several powerful attacks by Israel and the United States, In his Tuesday
speech, Netanyahu also hailed Israel's cybersecurity experience and
general technology prowess, saying they created diplomatic inroads for the
nation.
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