Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel made an accusation that Iran along with Lebanese and Palestinian allies have significantly increased cyber-attacks on the computer systems of the country. This accusation came on Sunday, June 9, 2013 where the Prime Minister said that Iran and its allies are launching a non-stop cyber-attack on all major computer systems of the country.

Though the Prime Minister did not give any details regarding the total number of attacks, he did say that the vital systems of the nation have been targeted by the Iranians and their allies in Lebanon and Palestine. He said that over the past few months, Israel has noted a significant spike in the number of attacks. He also stated that these attacks are directly carried out by Iran and also through its known proxies Hezbollah and Hamas. This announcement was made by the Prime Minister in Tel Aviv during a cyber-warfare conference. Tel Aviv is the commercial hub of Israel.

The Prime Minister added in his announcement that despite the fact that there are numerous attacks, only a few are made public because the country manages to neutralize most of the attacks. In 2011, a national cyber directorate was formed by Prime Minister Netanyahu, which was given the responsibility of protection of the major computer systems of Israel from disruption.

It is widely believed that America and Israel launched, in recent years, a series of cyber-attacks on a nuclear program of Iran. Both America and Israel claimed that Iran’s intention behind the nuclear program was to develop an atomic bomb but Iran said that the nuclear program was only intended for peaceful causes.

Only a couple of months ago Israel reported that it prevented a cyber-attack which was made on the government’s websites. Israel claimed that it was a pro-Palestinian attack and it actually disrupted various websites but the security protocols for the websites were immediately updated to neutralize the attack.