Expert: Israel Needs More Cyber-Attack Specialists

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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/179376

By Shimon Cohen
Arutz Sheva
4/7/2014

The threatened #opisrael cyber-attack turned out to be a dud - but Israel 
does not have enough manpower to ward off a major cyber-attack.

Dr. Michael Orlov, head of the cyber-engineering department of Shamoon 
College Engineering in Be'er Sheva, explained the problem to Arutz Sheva 
Monday.

As Orlov explained, the hacking projects against Israel by Anonymous - a 
loosely organized group of hackers worldwide, but for #opIsrael mostly 
localized to Middle-Eastern countries - is a childish attempt to "feel 
important," and nothing more. Currently, cyber-attacks against Israel 
largely focus on replacing a site's content with propaganda, and leaving a 
site alone after it is fixed. This, he said, "is not a serious problem."

Future attacks may be, however. Orlov emphasizes that if a major country - 
e.g. Iran - were to set aside the "relatively small amount" of $50 million 
dollars to establish a professional hacking team, Israel could be in 
trouble.

"We have seen Iran do this in the past to other countries, like Saudi 
Arabia," Orlov stated, "Hackers attacked, broke into [websites] and 
deleted information. If this happens, we cannot dismiss the impact of 
attacks."

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