The National Cyber Directorate suspected that a cyber attack was behind the system malfunction that caused sirens to be sounded across Jerusalem and Eilat for an extended period of time.
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Cyber attack-(photo credit: INGIMAGE)
False rocket warning sirens that were activated across parts of both Jerusalem and Eilat on Sunday evening may have been caused by a cyberattack, the IDF confirmed on Monday morning.
During the evening on Sunday, rocket sirens sounded across several Jerusalem neighborhoods and in Eilat for close to an hour. The reason for this was said to be a system malfunction by the IDF, although the cause of it was unknown.
However, on Monday morning, Army Radio reported that the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) suspected that a cyberattack was behind the system malfunction, which the INCD then confirmed shortly after the initial report was published.
The INCD suspects that the attack was directed against the local systems that sound the sirens, and it was through accessing this that the attackers managed to activate the alarms.
The relevant authorities were instructed to take preventative measures against the threat.
Speaking to Army Radio on Monday morning, former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff MK Yair Golan (Meretz) responded to the report, saying that Israel is preparing itself for Iranian attempts to harm the country through cyber warfare.
“The Home Front Command’s alarm system was not breached, the local public siren system was, but it is very worrying and disturbing,” he said. “If there is a breach point there, it should be closed immediately.”
This is a developing story.