The cyber attack that paralyzed government sites last Monday was carried out by "a powerful factor that is not a single hacker or several individual hackers," according to senior Israeli officials.
It is estimated that the same powerful factor is one of the countries in the world that has a well-developed offensive cyber array, including Iran.
However, other factors may have been behind the incident.
The ICT Authority stated that the case is still under investigation.
The recent cyber attack is one of the most widespread in Israel.
According to the sources, although the attack struck a large number of government sites, it is not particularly severe because its damage to the day-to-day functioning of the country was not great.
For comparison, the attack on Hillel Yaffe Hospital last October, which paralyzed its activities, is considered more serious. "Functional continuity has been maintained," the government source said. The attack. "
Screenshot of a government website,
Preliminary findings suggest that there was a security breach in two of the ISPs that provide services to the government.
Within a relatively short time a breach was detected and the sites returned to work.
A government source noted that lessons have already been learned from the incident, and that further conclusions will be drawn later.
As you may recall, last August, the National Cyber Network and the Ministry of Communications held a preparation exercise for a cyber attack, which was in a format similar to yesterday's event.
Government sources say in the context of the attack that "lessons are constantly being learned in Israel, including in the wake of the alleged Russian cyber attacks on Ukraine as part of the fighting between the two countries. As part of those attacks, Russia has managed to damage Ukraine's connection to the world."
Also, in light of the threats from hostile countries, the Ministry of Communications has announced that it intends to oblige the communications companies to provide protection from cyber attacks.
Meanwhile, Communications Minister Yoaz Handel last night spoke digitally with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Minister Mikhail Fedorov.
Handel's office said that "the conversation between the two focused on issues of infrastructure, connectivity and the needs of Ukraine at this time."
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