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Iran ups cyber attacks on Israeli computers: Netanyahu Jun 9th 2013, 14:49 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Israel aims to stay out of Syria conflict despite Golan friction 7:46am EDT RPT-With troops and techies, U.S. prepares for cyber warfare Fri, Jun 7 2013 U.S. says Iran's nuclear reactor plans 'deeply troubling' Wed, Jun 5 2013 IAEA concerned about finding nothing at Iran site after 'clean-up' Mon, Jun 3 2013 Iran's Arak reactor looms into Israeli, Western view Sun, Jun 2 2013 Analysis & Opinion Hacking allegations on the docket as Obama meets Chinese president Iran's election will not be tweeted Related Topics World » Tech » Israel » Cyber Crime » Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem June 9, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Abir Sultan/Pool TEL AVIV | Sun Jun 9, 2013 10:49am EDT TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Palestinian and Lebanese allies on Sunday of carrying out "non-stop" cyber attacks on major computer systems in his country. He gave no details on the number of attacks but said "vital national systems" had been targeted. Water, power and banking sites were also under threat, he added. "In the past few months, we have identified a significant increase in the scope of cyber attacks on Israel by Iran. These attacks are carried out directly by Iran and through its proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah," he told a conference on cyber warfare in his country's commercial hub Tel Aviv. "Despite the non-stop attacks on us, you hear only about a few of them because we thwart most of them," he added. Netanyahu established a national cyber directorate in 2011 charged with protecting Israel's computer systems from disruption. Israel and the United States are widely believed to be behind a series of cyber attacks in recent years against an Iranian nuclear program they say is aimed at developing atomic weapons. Iran says its nuclear activities are peaceful. Two months ago, Israel said it weathered a pro-Palestinian cyber attack campaign against government websites. Israeli officials said those attacks briefly disrupted several sites and security protocols were updated in response. (Reporting by Maayan Lubell, Writing by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Andrew Heavens) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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