A Syrian organization launched a cyber-attack on Haifa's
water system two weeks ago, a high ranking Israeli official revealed Saturday.
Speaking at a public panel in Be'er Sheva, Prof. Yitzhak Ben
Yisrael, Chairman of the National Council for Research and Development in the
Ministry of Science, said the attack was carried out by the “Syrian Electronic
Army.”
The attack failed, he said. Ben Yisrael, who established
Israel's cyber warfare array and who also heads the Israeli Space Agency. He
confirmed that the attack was carried out in retaliation for Israel's reported
bombing of targets inside Syria.
Ben Yisrael said it was not clear what motivates the Syrian
group, and whether it is loyal to President Bashar Assad or not.
Besides the retaliation factor, the timing for the attack
may have simply been dictated by the fact that the organization spotted a weak
point in the defenses of the water system, Ben Yisrael said.
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