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The remains of what the IDF says was the Hamas terror group's cyber unit in the Gaza Strip, which was destroyed in an Israeli Air Force strike on May 4, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 5, 2019, 7:46 pm
IDF says it thwarted a Hamas cyber attack during weekend battle
In addition to fighting digital threat, Israeli Air Force also bombs headquarters of terror group’s technology division in Gaza
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. Children run toward a bomb shelter in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi during a November 2012 military operation in Gaza, known as Pillar of Defense. (Yuval Haker/Israel Defense Forces)
February 25, 2019, 3:16 pm
Report: Iran tried to infiltrate Israel’s rocket alert system
Senior Israeli cyber official tells Bloomberg that the military detected and thwarted 2017 attempt by Tehran to hack country’s missile warnings
By Judah Ari Gross
Maj. Yod (right) and Maj. Aleph, of the Joint Cyber Defense Division (JCDD) Tech Center in the Cyber-Communications and Defense Division of the Israeli army. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 21, 2018, 11:01 am
Armed with laptops, IDF warriors tasked with securing Israel’s cyber-borders
Earlier this month, Maj. Yod and Maj. Aleph were awarded the IDF Chief of General Staff’s Technological prize for their ‘outstanding work’ in the IDF’s cyber defense division
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustration of the Israeli Army's new digital campus in Beersheba (IDF spokesperson unit)
June 11, 2018, 2:33 pm
Army picks construction firms for cutting-edge campus in southern Israel
Israel’s Shikun & Binui and AFI Group win tender to work on IDF’s new ICT center at an estimated $2 billion cost
By Shoshanna Solomon
Cadets in the IDF Cyber Defense Unit course, June 10, 2013 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
May 3, 2018, 6:29 am
Highlighting cyber vulnerabilities, rogue ex-soldier revealed to have hacked IDF
20-year-old ‘computer genius’ says he broke into army’s mainframe computer to help improve lax cybersecurity defenses
By TOI staff
An IDF C4I Corps soldier monitors for hacker activity (Photo credit: Courtesy)
January 22, 2018, 6:42 pm
IDF sees move south as way to rebrand as tech giant
The military is using the relocation of units to the Negev to recast its image, and forecasts benefits from cross-pollination with Ben-Gurion University and local startups
By Shoshanna Solomon
US Military Chief of Staff General Joseph Dunford (right)meets with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
October 21, 2017, 10:50 pm
Eisenkot heads to DC to meet other army chiefs on counter-terrorism
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman completes visit to Washington for meetings with US counterparts on Syria, Iran
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. An IDF soldier from the C4I Corps types on a computer. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
May 14, 2017, 10:44 pm
Army beefs up cyber-defense unit as it gives up idea of unified cyber command
Military Intelligence to keep collected intel with coveted Unit 8200; IDF’s Computer Service Directorate to be charged with protection and counter-attack, officer says
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli children in Second grade children use computers in a classroom as part of a study program of the Jerusalem Municipality and the Ministry of Education (Photo credit: 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
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot visiting an Armored Division exercise on July 23, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/FLASH90)
August 13, 2015, 11:18 pm
In rare disclosure, IDF sets out its strategy, admits flawed response to Hamas, Hezbollah
Responding to calls for transparency, chief of staff publishes document showing changes in IDF worldview, operating procedures
By Judah Ari Gross
Cadets in the IDF Cyber Defense Unit course, June 10, 2013 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
August 10, 2015, 9:23 pm
Defense Ministry thwarts hacking attempts on its network
Origin of cyber-attack remains under gag order; email carrying remote-access Trojan reaches some computers
By Tamar Pileggi
Cadets in the IDF Cyber Defense Unit course, June 10, 2013 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
June 16, 2015, 4:28 pm
Army to establish unified cyber corps
The IDF decision aims to streamline offensive and defensive efforts and points to the rising potency of the threat
By Mitch Ginsburg
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