Israel: Iran’s cyber attacks are increasing worldwide

Israel’s National Cyber ​​Directorate believes Iran poses a significant cyber threat worldwide and that attacks have escalated three times as fast since the Hamas massacre on October 7.

In the attack by the Iran-backed group, around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed and more than 250 were taken hostage.

Gaby Portnoy said on Tuesday that Iran’s cyberattacks targeted a wide range of countries, including the United States, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Austria.

Speaking at the annual Cyber ​​​​Week conference at Tel Aviv University, Portnoy said Iran was also targeting its allies.

“We have found that Iran is attacking its allies and other countries to extort information and damage digital services. The information stolen from government systems is then used for Iranian cyberterrorism,” he said. In doing so, Iran is violating international law and endangering civilians.

Portnoy named several Iran-linked hacker groups, including Albania-based Homeland Justice and Imperial Kitten, which is run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.