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Subject: [ISN] Shin Bet allows sneak peek at new cyber warfare unit
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2012-12-28 9:27:15
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1212280327040.22141 () infosecnews ! org
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4322499,00.html
By Ronen Bergman
Ynetnews
12.20.12
Iran is actively trying to hack Israel's critical online systems, the
head of the Shin Bet's new SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) unit told
Yedioth Ahronoth in an exclusive interview.
The Israel Security Agency officials said that aside from the hundreds
of thousands of low-grade cyber attacks by Islamist hackers, who try to
breach Israel's cyber infrastructure on a daily basis, the past three
years have seen a "single-digit number" of high-grade attacks.
"High-grade attacks" are highly sophisticated cyber-assaults which
usually indicate government-level involvement; and target critical
infrastructure.
When these attempted cyber attacks were detected, the Shin Bet's teams
were called to immediately see to the targeted servers.
[...]
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