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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Isaac Ben-Israel

A DALL-E illustration created by Shoshanna Solomon: A futuristic cyborg riding a wave in the middle of the sea with an Israeli flag in the background.
August 2, 2023, 8:26 pm
As AI rides global wave, troubled Israel risks missing the splash
If judicial overhaul turmoil prevents Israel from being part of AI revolution, ‘we will weep for generations;’ argues expert who led task force on national cybersecurity policy
By Shoshanna Solomon
An illustration of the ‘Digital Violence: How the NSO Group Enables State Terror’ website set up by Forensic Architecture with Amnesty International and Citizen Lab (Courtesy)
January 9, 2022, 5:49 pm
Don’t toss the spyware with the NSO scandal bathwater, urges Israeli cyber guru
Democracies need cybersurveillance tools to track criminals and terrorists. Just regulate the tech better, argues Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel
By Shoshanna Solomon
An artist's image of aliens (bertos via iStock by Getty Images)
December 10, 2020, 2:33 pm
Israeli space chief says aliens may well exist, but they haven’t met humans
After retired space pioneer Haim Eshed claims aliens visited Earth, made deals with people, Isaac Ben-Israel says he went too far, but fascination with extraterrestrial life legit
By Nathan Jeffay
3D medical animation still shot showing the structure of a coronavirus (https://www.scientificanimations.com/coronavirus-symptoms-and-prevention-explained-through-medical-animation/)
April 19, 2020, 9:27 pm
The end of exponential growth: The decline in the spread of coronavirus
A similar pattern – rapid increase in infections to a peak in the sixth week, and decline from the eighth week – is common everywhere, regardless of response policies
By Isaac Ben-Israel
Isaac Ben-Israel (courtesy of Isaac Ben-Israel)
April 14, 2020, 4:47 pm
Top Israeli prof claims simple stats show virus plays itself out after 70 days
Isaac Ben-Israel, who is not a medical expert, says analysis worldwide shows new cases peaking after about 40 days, slams economic closures; leading doctor dismisses his claims
By ToI Staff
Professor Isaac Ben-Israel during a 2011 press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing the establishment of a national bureau to focus on Israel's information protection capabilities and supervise development of the cyber sector (Kobi Gideon / Flash90.)
June 22, 2017, 3:21 pm
To stop Russia and other hackers, we need to overhaul the internet, says top Israeli cyber expert
Internet pioneers didn’t need to prioritize defending against cyber warfare, but we must, says Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, who developed Israel’s cybersecurity agencies and hosts next week’s prestigious Tel Aviv Cyber Week 2017
By David Horovitz
Isaac Ben-Israel (courtesy of Isaac Ben-Israel)
June 21, 2016, 2:19 pm
More global cooperation needed to win cyber war, Israeli guru says
Head of team that set out Israel’s national cybersecurity policy says country sees up to 2 million attacks a day
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: Footage from one of Anonymous's OpIsrael cyberattack campaign videos. (Screen capture/YouTube)
April 5, 2016, 6:01 pm
Security ‘situation room’ stands ready to prevent ‘cyber-holocaust’
In annual OpIsrael attack, hackers promise to ‘eliminate Isra-Hell’ from cyberspace; a Tel Aviv security firm aims to prevent that
By David Shamah
A photo of Pluto taken by the NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, Monday, July 13 2015 (Courtesy NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute)
July 14, 2015, 3:25 pm
Pluto fly-by could yield ‘big surprises,’ says top Israeli space official
Major news of the solar system’s former 9th planet anticipated at international space confab in Jerusalem in October
By David Shamah
December 23, 2014, 4:14 pm
‘Misfortune Cookie’ poised to deal cyber-blow to millions, says Checkpoint
As Israeli government offices around the world shore up their cyber-defenses, a top protection firm reveals a major hacking threat
By David Shamah
(R. to L.) Chairman of the IEC’s Directorate, Ret. Major General Yiftah Ron-Tal, The Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources, Silvan Shalom, Eli Glickman, CEO of the Israel Electric Corporation, and IEC Deputy CEO and Customer Deputy Director-General, Yaakov (Yasha) Hain face the “red team” hackers at the IEC”s Cyber—Gym (Photo credit: Yossi weiss, IEC Spokesman unit)
August 29, 2014, 5:58 pm
Cyber-security news isn’t all bad, says Israeli expert
Hackers, whether they work for enemy states or phish for victims, can be stopped, says Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel
By David Shamah
An early 2013 artist's rendering of the proposed orbit launch for the SpaceIL craft. (Courtesy)
May 12, 2014, 2:29 pm
Israeli Lunar XPrize team shoots for the moon
With a dishwasher-sized craft, 3 young men hope to make the Jewish state the fourth ever to land on the lunar surface
By Ben Sales
A sign warns of polluted water outside the northern city of Haifa on May 18, 2013. (Shay Levy/Flash 90)
May 25, 2013, 4:55 pm
‘Syria attempted to sabotage Haifa’s water supply’
Senior Science Ministry official says hackers launched failed cyberattack on northern city’s water infrastructure
By Ilan Ben Zion
A previous Anonymous' Op-Israel banner (photo credit: screenshot)
April 7, 2013, 9:02 am
Hackers failing to cause major cyber-disruption, officials say
Some government websites taken down temporarily, but most efforts by Anonymous to ‘erase Israel from the Internet’ repelled
January 31, 2013, 6:56 pm
Why Israel might have felt the imperative to strike in Syria
A peek through the fog in the wake of Wednesday’s unconfirmed attack, and an assessment of the likely fallout
By Mitch Ginsburg
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