(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - In April, Iran crossed a line and attacked an element of critical Israeli civilian infrastructure. The cyberattack did not succeed, but if it had, it could have contaminated Israel's water supply and endangered civilians. Israel's counterstrike was far more physically damaging to Iran than Tehran's failed attack on Israel. Traffic around Iran's Shahid Rajaee port was impacted for days. The message was clear: Do not test Israel. Israeli cyber weapons are far superior to Iran's. There was a time when Israeli officials tried to support efforts to arrive at worldwide standards to limit cyberattacks. Now, Israel is using old-fashioned deterrence and responding disproportionately to "encourage" those who would hack it to think twice.
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