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Facebook disables PA-linked accounts ‘used for spying’

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Facebook announced on Wednesday that it had disabled accounts it said were being used by the Palestinian Authority’s Preventative Security Service (PSS), its internal intelligence organization, to spy on political opponents, journalists and human-rights...
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Bipartisan bill to boost cybersecurity cooperation between US and Israel

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill this week intended to foster closer cooperation in cybersecurity between Israel and the United States. If passed, the U.S. Israel Cybersecurity Cooperation Enhancement Act—made up of Senate...
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Hackers unlock files from 2020 breach, exposing personal info of nearly all Israeli voters

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The personal information of nearly all Israeli voters was exposed online on Monday, a day before the country’s general election, financial daily Calcalist reported Tuesday. According to the report, the leaked data, which includes registered voters’ addresses,...
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Hundreds of foreign cyber-attack units are targeting US and Israel, says former IDF intel...

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The growing risks of cyber attacks faced by all organizations and individuals around the world is a reflection of the fact that “for the first time in history, crime is being led by the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the National CERT at the cyber park in Beersheva on July 27, 2017, with Buki Carmeli, head of the National Cyber Defense Authority, and Eviatar Matania, head of the National Cyber Bureau in the Prime Minister's Office. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Israel must study and learn from prospective Russian cyber breach of US networks

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Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, which is in charge of defending critical infrastructure, needs to study every detail of the massive suspected Russian cyber breach of 250 government and private-sector networks recently uncovered in the...
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Iranian hacker group claims to have penetrated IAI subsidiary

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Iranian hacker group Pay2Key on Sunday claimed to have successfully breached the computer system of Israel Aerospace Industries’ subsidiary company Elta Systems, which developed the radar used in the Iron Dome missile defense system,...
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon and Nikki Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, as part of the DiploTech Global Summit 2020. Source: Screenshot.

Diplomatic technology summit highlights Israeli innovation in post-COVID world

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The global DiploTech summit brought together ambassadors and technology leaders to explore Israel’s sustainable innovations in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as recent diplomatic victories in the region. The summit, “DiploTech...
Yigal Unna, director general of the Israel National Cyber Directorate, speaks at the CyberWeek conference at Tel Aviv university, on June 20, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel’s cyber czar warns of rise in attacks since onset of coronavirus pandemic

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Israel National Cyber Directorate head Yigal Unna warned on Tuesday that his agency has noted a significant increase in cyber attacks against medical facilities since the global coronavirus pandemic hit the country in mid-March. Speaking...
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Hackers threaten to sell Israeli database to highest bidder after ransom demand refused

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The hacker group that stole a major Israeli insurance company’s database said on Sunday that it had already “received offers” for it and plans to “sell it to the highest bidder.” The group, calling itself “Black Shadow,”...
Ola Sergatchov, vice president of corporate strategy at the Israeli data center and cloud security company Guardicore. Credit: Courtesy.

Meet the Orthodox woman at the top of Israel’s cyber game

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“On Friday morning, I have on one ear a conference call and one hand mixing cholent, and with my foot, I’m rocking the baby carriage,” says Ola Sergatchov. “That’s what my life looks like.” Vice...