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Dec. 19, 2020
Israel is under attack. Iranian-linked hackers have targeted at least 80 Israeli firms in what experts say is a form of ideologically driven cybercrime.
The attack, led by a group called Pay2Key, is the latest in a string of cybercampaigns against Israel. However, if recent attacks were indirectly linked to Iran and attributed to purely political motives, the latest one was deemed Iranian from the onset but is said to also have financial motives – further blurring the lines between hacktivism and cybercrime.
“The Iranians are awaiting the Israeli response to escalate the attack,” said Omri Segev Moyal, CEO of the cybersecurity firm Profero. “The Iranian attack has been in the works for months, and is only growing and continuing to inflict damage on the Israeli market. Much like the tit-for-tat dynamic of war, this is a face-off between two states. The victims we know about are only the tip of the iceberg,” he tells Haaretz. “The Israeli economy
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Screen capture from video showing crowding at Ben Gurion Airport, December 13, 2020. (Channel 12 news)
1. Seeing red: There are many questions, and few good answers, as Israel reaches the dolorous mark of 3,000 deaths from the coronavirus.
The first question is “what the heck is going on with the airport?” in response to reports of overcrowding and returnees from so-called red countries (those deemed high-infection areas) not being tested after they disembark.
“Open skies failure,” reads the top headline in Yedioth Ahronoth, which features pictures of said overcrowding (but also of people being tested there).
“If the airport were a city, it would be under lockdown. I have no way to explain why they are not testing those coming from red countries,” public health expert Ran Balicer tells Army Radio.
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