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Reported Cyberattack Against Israel Only Ransomware to Regulatory Body, Electric Grid Not In Danger

By CircleID Reporter
  • January 27, 2016, 6:19 pm PST
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Ransomware via a phishing attack was sent to Israel Electric Authority, not the power grid, as was heavily reported in mainstream media today. According to a cyber analyst in Israel (Eyal Sela) the media reporting so far is misleading with regards to the context around the incident, reports Robert M. Lee of SANS Institute. “The ‘Israel Electric Authority’ the Minister mentioned is in no way related to the networks of the Israeli electric companies, transmission, or distribution sites. The Israeli Electric Authority is a regulatory body of roughly 30 individuals and this ‘cyber attack’ is only referencing their networks.”

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