Israel currently tries to protect itself from a outpouring of rocket attacks using its “ Iron Dome ” missile shield — butKrebs on Security revealsthat hackers have stolen sensitive documents from the three Israeli defense contractors creditworthy for building it .
Krebs reportsthat machine politician in 2011 and 2012 were carried out against the three top Israeli defense technology troupe : Elisra Group , Israel Aerospace Industries , and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems . The cyber-terrorist evidently “ exfiltrated large amounts of data . ” The hacks are enounce to have been perform by China now - prolificUnit 61398 , which spend four months investigating and pull in access to raw information on the Israeli server .
Overall , they acquired over 700 files , totaling 762 M in size . While most of the information was specific to the infrastructure in position in Israel , some had broad relevance and were bound byInternational Traffic in Arms Regulations — such as a 900 - page text file that provides detailed schematic and specifications for the Arrow 3 projectile , which was designed by Boeing and other U.S. defense contractors .
In essence , then , the hack gave up not just enigma of the Israel ’s primary defence mechanism , but U.S. systems , too . The Israeli governmentcreditsIron Dome with intercepting one - twenty percent of the more than 2,000 rockets that Palestinian militant have so far can at Israel during the current conflict . This morning , Gaza City and Israel ’s Eshkolwere hit by a series of deadly fire , killing at least ten people . [ Krebs on protection ]
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