Iran attacks Israel in cybersphere 'daily, ' Netanyahu charges

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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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