| A different front of the same war. |
Israel's security chief said Tuesday that the Shin Bet has gone on the offensive against hackers trying to carry out cyberattacks against Israel on the internet.
The remarks by Nadav Argaman are a rare admission of Israel's use of offensive cyber capabilities.
Argaman comments were made at a cyber defense conference in Tel Aviv.
He said that "passive defense" is not enough, and that the Shin Bet studied hackers' strategies and developed "a variety of ways and methods" on how to strike back.
Israeli cyber officials are ordinarily reluctant to discuss the use of offensive capabilities against hackers.
Also on Tuesday Israel's Intelligence and Special Operations agency, the Mossad, officially launched Libertad Ventures, a technological innovation fund, which the organization says seeks to "strengthen both startup companies and the Mossad’s knowledge base, operating at the forefront of technological innovation."Libertad--the Latin word for freedom and also the name of a ship that carried im
Developers would retain the rights to their product and could sell it on, a Libertad statement read.
Shin Bet head says over 2,000 terror attacks thwarted with cybertech
[IsraelTimes] Nadav Argaman notes cryptically that anti-Israel hackers ’experience unexpected problems.