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FBI Director Christopher Wray answers questions during an interview, in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, August 21, 2024. (Abbie Parr/AP)
August 22, 2024, 8:25 am
FBI director worried as US faces multiple threats ‘elevated all at once’
From cybercrime to terrorism, Christopher Wray says there is a peak of different dangers, urges partnership between law enforcement agencies and other entities
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG
Illustrative: A soldier from the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate works at a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 13, 2024, 11:39 am
IDF computer chief: 3 billion cyber attacks against Israel since beginning of war
All attacks were intercepted and no computer systems were compromised, says Mamram commander Col. Racheli Dembinsky
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Hacker using laptop on abstract binary code map background. (Peshkov/ iStock, by Getty Images)
December 26, 2023, 3:46 pm
Israel’s Cyber Directorate warns of phishing attack by Iran-based hacking squad
Governmental software safety watchdog alerts IT officers to malware posing as software update from American cybersecurity firm F5; says Iranian hackers clearly did their homework
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A cybersecurity expert stands in front of a map of Iran as he speaks to journalists about the techniques of Iranian hacking, on September 20, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)
January 4, 2020, 5:35 am
Iranian cyberattacks on US feared after Soleimani killing
Iran hackers among world’s most aggressive; could target manufacturing facilities, oil and gas plants, transit systems, experts say
By Frank Bajak
Raysyn Roach-Vaden. assistant legal attache for cybersecurity at the FBI in Tel Aviv, working within the US Embassy, at Cyber Week, June 2019 (David Azagury/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem)
July 9, 2019, 4:38 pm
Tailing hackers, with Israel’s help: Meet the FBI’s man in Tel Aviv
Terrorism, hacking, ransomware, Dark Web drugs are among the challenges faced by cybersecurity attaché Raysyn Roach-Vaden, new to the US embassy; ‘It’s been a very busy month’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Social media applications of WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Periscope, September 18, 2015. (HStocks/Istock by Getty Images)
September 8, 2017, 12:09 pm
Anti-terror chiefs want social media help to thwart ‘lone wolves’
Home-grown jihadists pose major threat, leading authorities in US, UK, Germany and Canada to turn to Facebook, Google to prevent attacks
By Paul Handley
Israeli children in second grade use computers in a classroom as part of a study program of the Jerusalem Municipality and the Education Ministry (Kobi Gideon / Flash90)
February 4, 2017, 1:21 pm
In Israel, teaching kids cyber skills is a national mission
New training programs aim to prepare children for careers in military intelligence, defense agencies, the high-tech industry and academia
By Daniel Estrin
December 28, 2016, 3:26 pm
Censorship won’t defeat online terrorism
Israel puts free speech at risk with its new ‘Facebook law’ — better to fight incitement directly by calling it out
This July 27, 2014, photo provided by US Customs and Border Protection shows Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Farook, as they passed through O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. A US magistrate ordered Apple to help the Obama administration hack into an iPhone belonging to one of the shooters in San Bernardino, Calif. on Feb. 16, 2016. (US Customs and Border Protection via AP)
September 9, 2016, 10:35 pm
15 years after 9/11, US terror threat is now ‘homegrown’
A spate of attacks — including those in San Bernardino and Orlando — put violent American extremists as much in focus as threats from abroad
By Paul Handley
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, March 2, 2015. (David Ramos/Getty Images via JTA)
June 15, 2016, 4:57 pm
Facebook aiding probe of France live-streamed video at killing
‘Terrorists and acts of terrorism have no place on Facebook,’ the social media giant says
By AFP
Eugene Kaspersky (Courtesy)
April 18, 2016, 7:36 pm
From Jerusalem shall come forth cyber-security, says cyber guru
A planned Jerusalem-based Expert Center aims to help companies make themselves immune from growing threats by hackers
By David Shamah
Pope Francis opens a "Holy Door" at St Peter's basilica to mark the start of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, the Vatican, December 8, 2015. (AFP/VINCENZO PINTO)
December 8, 2015, 3:04 pm
Pope opens Vatican Holy Door to start Holy Year
Francis calls to ‘put mercy before judgment,’ kicking off 12-month jubilee emphasizing leitmotif of papacy
By AP and AFP
Cadets in the IDF Cyber Defense Unit course, June 10, 2013 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
April 15, 2015, 8:05 pm
Next 9/11 will be caused by hackers, not suicide bombers, cyber expert warns
Greater US-Israel cooperation urgently needed to counter threat of cyberterrorism infiltrating air traffic controls, says Dr. Gabi Siboni
By ToI Staff
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, right, gestures during a meeting with Google executives Friday, February 20, 2015, at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California (Photo credit: Ben Margot/AP)
February 21, 2015, 12:17 pm
France urges tech giants to help fight terror
French minister meets with Google, Facebook, Twitter, asks them to assist in removing terrorist propaganda from web
By AP and AFP
Illustrative photo of Palestinian men use a computer in the Gaza Strip on January 20, 2012. (Photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)
From the WebFebruary 17, 2015, 9:05 pm
Cyber attacks on Israel traced to Gaza
‘Smash and grab’ campaign targeted sensitive data from Israeli government, transport, military and academic organizations
By AFP
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