Slapdash attempt to hack rocket sirens may be cause for serious alarm about Iran

Hackers believed to be linked to Russia and Iran made unsuccessful attempts to sabotage Israeli rocket alert applications during a bout of violence with Gazan terrorists earlier this month, according to Telegram messages seen by The Times of Israel.

The bid to shut down the life-saving early warning network by the so-called Anonymous Sudan group and an Iranian hacking collective known as Asa Musa — Persian for Moses Staff — managed only to take some ancillary websites offline temporarily, without affecting the official mechanism that alerts Israelis to incoming missile attacks via siren and phone notification.

However, it did underline a growing threat for Israel from what appeared to be cooperation between hackers and Palestinian attackers, with Tehran’s fingerprints evident on both keyboards and rocket launchers. READ MORE