Speaking at Cyber Week event, defense minister warns Tehran is a leader of cyberterrorism, using ‘terrorists with keyboards’ as proxies.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday said Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah recently attempted a cyberattack against a United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, in order to steal information about its activities in the area.

“The leader of global, conventional terrorism is Iran. This is also true for cyberterrorism,” Gantz said at the Cyber Week conference in Tel Aviv. “Iran operates via proxies such as Hezbollah in all dimensions – including cyber.

As reported by The Times of Israel
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