Zionist regime suffers cyber attack

The incident emphasizes how a country’s essential institutions - and particularly Israel’s - are often the target of choice for hackers and require robust protection.

"In recent days, we have seen an increase in attacks against Israeli infrastructure," said Niv Yona, Director of Security Research at Cybereason. "These attacks are part of the OPIsrael operation that takes place every year in April. The attackers manage to attack a variety of targets, mainly civilian or local targets that are not defined as critical, but still manage to cause panic."

There is, of course, a feedback loop here, when the rise in sophistication of the attackers pushes for increased defense on the other side. Both sides innovate and develop as fast as they can just to maintain the balance between attackers and targets. The main question facing us is whether the local Israeli cyberattack prevention infrastructure is sophisticated enough to counter these attacks.

Cyberattacks directed towards Israel grew 92% from 2020 to 2021, while they increased by roughly 50% globally.

Israel was hit by cyberattacks more frequently than the countries of France, Japan, the United States, and Germany in 2021, a report by Israeli cybersecurity provider Check Point found.

Cyberattacks directed towards Israel grew 92% from 2020 to 2021, while they increased by roughly 50% globally, the findings show. 2021 also saw upwards momentum, with the second half of the year bringing the total global average to 925 cyber attacks a week.

Different countries and industries suffered from cyberattacks at different rates, as Check Point reviewed data from across 16 industries and nearly 100 countries.