Israel Braces for Cyberwarfare With Palestinians

After a series of cyberattacks and incidents of hacking from Palestinians, Israel has amped up efforts to protect its vital computer systems, reports Adnan Abu Amer.
An employee of Japan's biggest security service firm Secom Co Ltd uses a computer inside the company's "Secom computer protection safe" which protects computer servers not only from cyberattacks but also from actual illegal intruders and physical damage occuring from environmental factors, in Tokyo March 12, 2003. The fire-proof safe measuring 2.58 metres (8.46 feet) in width, 2.84 metres (9.31 feet) in height and 3.04 metres (9.97 feet) in depth carries a price tag starting from 9.8 million yen ($83
An employee of the security service firm Secom Co. uses a computer inside the company's "Secom computer protection safe" which protects computer servers not only from cyberattacks but also from actual illegal intruders and physical damage occuring from environmental factors, March 12, 2003. - REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
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A few days ago, Uzi Moscovitch, chief of the Center for Computer and Information Systems in the Israeli Computer Services Directorate, surprised security circles by declaring that Israel is preparing for information warfare with Palestinians and Arabs by establishing a new operations room to monitor and curb cyberattacks in an orderly manner.

This is a clear indication that Palestinian hackers have managed to inflict serious damage on Israel, which was unable to fire any bullets or missiles in retaliation for this cyberattack, which Israel has dubbed the hackers shadow war.

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