Israeli cyber chief reports sharp rise in Iranian cyberattacks after war

Israeli cyber chief reports sharp rise in Iranian cyberattacks after war The number of Iranian cyberattacks against Israel has shot up since the launch of the ​U.S.-Israeli offensive against Iran this year, a senior ‌Israeli security official was quoted as saying on Monday. Yossi Karadi, Director General of Israel's National Cyber Directorate, told German ​newspaper Die Welt that in June 2025 ​during Israeli military operations against Iran, Israel's ⁠authorities registered around 1,600 hostile cyber incidents. During the ​same month in 2026, the number had jumped to ​some 4,800 incidents, he told the paper. "Some groups are very skilled," Karadi said, according to the German text of the ​interview. "We can handle them, but we have to ​take them seriously. Unlike in the kinetic realm, there's no ‌ceasefire ⁠in cyberspace." Karadi said the attacks were directed against systems used by Israel's critical infrastructure, central organisations, small to medium-sized companies and the public, citing law ​practices and accounting ​firms as ⁠among the smaller ones hit. (Reuters)