Israel and Iran are actively engaged in a cyber war aimed at giving one nation the upper hand
Political tension remains extremely high between Israel and Iran, as both nations understand that their cyber technologies are important.
The U.S. and Israel have noticed Iran’s growing cyber ability still has limited offensive capability, but improved defensive ability to counter foreign attacks. Iran has already accused the U.S. CIA and Israeli Mossad of an attempted attack, but neither nation has taken responsibility for the effort.
Cyber warfare allows each nation to engage in aggressive attacks without direct military attacks against one another. Iranian officials noted they detected attempted U.S. intrusions, and reportedly have the capability of launching their own attacks against the U.S. infrastructure.
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano previously pointed out that most nations don’t even have a legal framework for dealing with cyber issues.
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