Dozens of cyberattacks targeting Israel’s “national systems” have been blocked over the past two years of war, the Israel Defense Forces’ cyber chief said.
Maj. Gen. Aviad Dagan — who oversees the IDF’s Cyber Defense Directorate and C4I Corps — was commenting on the annual joint CyberDome exercise with the US Cyber National Mission Force, which concluded on Thursday. “Behind every overt campaign, there is also a covert one. We operate together with United States Cyber Command tirelessly to ensure superiority against any threat, from any direction,” Dagan said.
“The events published thus far do not fully represent the cyberthreat. We must not make a mistake. This is an issue that is at the very heart of our national security,” Dagan added.
He confirmed that “over the past two years, dozens of enemy attempts to damage and disable national systems have been thwarted,” and warned, “These attempts will increase.”