Why there are so many Israeli cyber commandos

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Why there are so many Israeli cyber commandos


The United States is working increasingly closely with Israeli military cybernetic organizations (this effort appears to have culminated in the creation of the Stuxnet, Duqu, and several other more powerful types of cyberware).weapons). Americans were amazed that Israel, a country with a population of less than three percent of the US population, was capable of creating military cybernetic organizations equal to, and sometimes better than, the United States itself. Israel does this with a successful conscription system that has long been used to find quality recruits for elite combat and intelligence units. As far back as the 1990s, Israeli leaders realized that the Internet could soon become another battlefield. So, the recruitment of special forces was expanded by looking for recruits for new cyber warfare organizations. To date, there are more than a dozen such units, almost all of them are secret (even their names are not disclosed). These small units serve various military, intelligence and other government organizations. They are believed to have only a few hundred hackers, and many of them are only hired for short periods of time (often as part of their military duties). Most cyber warfare experts have careers in many Israeli software companies and are called up as reservists for a short period of time as reservists to participate in cyber warfare operations.

Israel is trying to educate its American counterparts on how to use some of Israel's recruiting and talent development methods. US military officials note that most colleges in the United States are hostile to such programs. In Israel, this is not the case at all, the constant threat of Palestinian terrorism and Iranian rocket attacks allows universities to be more accommodating. The scale of the national security threats facing Israel also makes it easier to implement a national program to identify and recruit talented recruits before they reach high school. In Israel, this means selected candidates will receive additional training prior to being drafted into elite cyber warfare units.

Israel recruits conscripts in very innovative ways. For example, two years ago, Israel began using the same selection and recruitment methods to form various types of cyber warfare units that they use to form subversive groups. The Israelis are not just looking for men (or women) with the necessary technical skills, but also with the stable psychological characteristics of ordinary commandos. Israel intends to use these cyber units to deal with the most difficult and dangerous cyber war situations. Thus, during a cyber attack using unknown and destructive new technology, they will have cyber commando units at their disposal, ready to deal with the situation. The same units will be used in cyber warfare against enemy targets that need to be incapacitated or simply researched. They will have the units to do the job because they are already staffed and trained to be the best of the best. Likewise, by sending conventional commandos on a mission to steal technology (which Israel has already done several times), several cyber commandos will also take part in this operation. Well-trained, combat-minded, and highly technical cyber warfare fighters can keep up with conventional commandos, can quickly deal with enemy vehicles and seize or destroy the necessary devices. The new units are actually part of military intelligence and are looking for recruits in the army, as well as among civilians.
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  1. itr
    -12
    11 August 2012 09: 01
    What not to do, just not to work. Yes, I think these cyber troops are closer to the headquarters and the kitchen. Basically it looks like them.
  2. +8
    11 August 2012 09: 07
    Why be surprised if Israeli universities such as the Technion (Haifa) and others have the highest level of education in the field of high technology. In addition, the youth of Israel, after graduating from their universities, willingly continues their studies at many of the world's leading universities. Further, all the leading US corporations in the field of high technologies such as Microsoft, IBM, etc. have their branches in Israel. Again, many highly qualified specialists from all over the world, including those from Russia, have emigrated to Israel in recent years. Add to this the fierce competition in the Israeli labor market, which forces specialists to give all their best. Well, the fact that the majority of young guys serve in the army and understand what the army and the real combat situation is, not in words, but in deeds.
  3. -6
    11 August 2012 09: 40
    Right now, I’ll say a smart thing ... in industrial automation there is such a thing as SCADA ... almost one hundred percent is based on the good old Windows ... that is, a product very susceptible to viruses ... if the car’s wheels are punctured, then it definitely won’t go ... that is why almost all software in Iran has been transferred to the good old DOS ... and chatter about the success of virus attacks is elementary information warfare ... this home computer is poorly protected from viruses .. but ask your administrator ... if you have money, we buy an electronic unit ... we insert and you can forget about viruses ... so the article is written for people who, apart from games, do not know anything else ... minus ..
    1. Isr
      Isr
      0
      12 August 2012 11: 17
      I specifically looked at what kind of SCADA this is, and so: one of the components of the system should be a multitasking real-time operating system, so DOS is not suitable at all, but more use Windows, Linux, MacOs and other similar systems. DOS is not protected at all, neither memory nor code is protected. And at the expense of the electronic unit - it's very interesting, if you know what such a thing is called, then write.
  4. +7
    11 August 2012 11: 53
    Dear Ward. No operating and cryptographic system is protected from viruses and from hacking. It's just that there are systems that are more stable and there are less. Just like any electronics, it does not have 100% EMP protection. The Stuxnet virus was developed for Siemens nuclear production control systems with a multi-layered protection system that any nuclear production control system has. And despite all the tricks, the Siemens system lay down. Of course, if you manage such industries manually and exchange information with the help of couriers and pigeons, the stability of the control system will be higher. True, you won’t get vigorous fuel with such a system. Only if wood
    1. +2
      11 August 2012 16: 03
      Of course, Siemens will lie if the developers of the virus had internal information about the structure of the system. A good half of the German sites, including the Siemens site, have the flag of Israel, and then some narrow-minded people shake their heads in surprise - where did the snake crawl from? What do you think, dear, who will be loyal to a Jew working in Siemens - Germany or Israel?

      Answer me please.
      1. +4
        11 August 2012 16: 45
        Naturally, if there is no water in the tap, then someone who drank ... not Siemens. Siemens is a global company with branches in all more or less major countries of the world.
        By the way, there is no Israeli flag on its main website.
        Whether Siemens shares information with the Israeli intelligence services is not sure, since the case under discussion had a very negative impact on the reputation of this company. And the reputation for people like Siemens is directly related to the trust of customers and, therefore, to income.
        Now about the control system itself. All such systems in the West are created in accordance with the standards generally accepted for this type of system. Those. information exchange protocols, internal and external interfaces are not a secret for anyone. Hacking cryptographic systems, if there were any, is also a matter of time. And not days but minutes or, in the worst case, hours. Well, then everything depends on the art of the virus developers. Therefore, there is no need to look for something otherworldly where there is a difficult but technical task. Could amateur hackers break into the Pentagon's computer networks 20 years ago. Why can't government-funded professional hackers break into simpler systems? They can and do hack. And not just the Israelis. Cyber ​​warfare units have long existed in the Armed Forces of all developed countries of the world, including Russia. How successfully they work is still unknown and is unlikely to be known in our lifetime.
    2. +2
      11 August 2012 19: 20
      I worked quite closely with Step 7 ... Well, there is nowhere to insert the virus ... and my friends work in Siemens ... they neighed pretty much ... Well, if you don’t know what to climb, then ....
  5. ZUI
    ZUI
    0
    11 August 2012 13: 15
    ...Why are there so many Israeli cyber-commandos/// Thanks to the Soviet high school and higher education system!
    1. +3
      11 August 2012 13: 53
      Those who are now called up and serve were born in 1990-1994 - they were either born in Israel or were brought in in infancy and certainly did not find either the Soviet secondary school or the higher education system ...
  6. Vlados
    +3
    11 August 2012 13: 43
    ZUI,

    In the secret troops of Israel (of any type - combat or cyber), there are almost no immigrants from the former USSR due to the lack of a definitely suitable secret access status. Usually, the native inhabitants of Israel serve there, whose fathers and mothers served in such institutions or older brothers and sisters. So the Russian education has nothing to do with it, it has much to do with the rest, people from the USSR are better prepared in all aspects of educational activity, especially in secondary school education.
    1. vic22lud
      0
      12 August 2012 14: 24
      not true. My son serves in an elite unit, although he is ethnic Russian (by his mother). If you don't know, don't be silly.
      1. 0
        12 August 2012 20: 17
        Consider also the indirect factor - such a massive injection of intelligence made the native Israelis move and start thinking
      2. Vlados
        -2
        12 August 2012 20: 26
        Dear vic,
        Next time, read carefully, I wrote the word "almost". It means the following:
        1) There is a very small percentage of immigrants from the USSR, America, Canada, Europe and Lat. America who serve in the Elite Forces
        (Elite troops such as - Shaetet13 (Sea Commandos of the 13th Flotilla), Saeret Matkal - Special Naz Airborne Forces, 669 - Rescue Elite Group of the Air Force, Shaldag - Special Naz Air Force)
        To get into these parts, you need simple 4 facts, sivug bithoni - security check (they check the entire indigenous family by raising the archives of many years + interrogations and the reliability of the data)
        Normal psyche, suitable for "Ai-Kiu" (KABA) and at the end of physical training, which includes quite a few points such as aspiration, work in a group, etc., all this will be revealed during the passage of "Gibush" - the so-called day of survival / test for durability.
        2) I don’t know what troops your son serves in, but there is also a second group of the Elite where more people from the USSR and other countries get there, and where this SIVUG with smaller requests is not at all (Maglan-Spec. Naz Airborne Forces, Yael Spets Naz Engineering etc.)
        3) I myself served in the IDF, and I know this firsthand. (Not a few Russian friends tried to break through there)
        4) Special Naz Cyber ​​​​intelligence, attack, protection has an even higher level of request for SIVUG, because the keys to the doors and windows of the country are in your hands, your son is definitely not there. Maybe the generation of your grandchildren will be honored to serve in such troops, by the way, part which is unknown to the public.

        So before you poke someone with your forehead, read what is written and do not scatter "Nonsense".
  7. -3
    11 August 2012 16: 14
    That is why for modern air defense, light-engine aircraft such as sesna or maize are more dangerous than long-range radars than migi and ef, and unpredictable old diesel submarines for the submarine and surface fleet.
    1. 0
      11 August 2012 16: 23
      This is from what hangover such a conclusion and what does it have to do with the topic. The same Rust was discovered on time and could have been simply shot down if it weren’t for the organizational mess in the air defense forces of that time, when the plane that did not respond to the request “one’s own foe” was forcibly marked as one’s own and flew to Kr Square under this brand.
  8. 0
    11 August 2012 17: 16
    I just imagined the sign - "Institute of Kosher Cyber ​​Trolling" :)))
  9. 0
    11 August 2012 19: 24
    There is such a French company Areva ... it was she who installed the Pasis system ... to manage all that garbage .... Siemens has nothing to do with this ... Storytellers mother in ....
  10. SoVIet ZiMBo_O
    +2
    11 August 2012 21: 33
    Another example of how Israel is a tiny state, young, multi-ethnic, implements projects that most countries of the world have never dreamed of. You can cry for a long time about conspiracies and everything else, but Israel really shows that the population of the country can mobilize and create a miracle. It’s all strange, we haven’t been able to put the country in order for twenty years, they are building a post-industrial state in a complete hole with the name East with the makings of hegemony in the entire region, albeit with the support of the United States, but a fact is a fact!
    1. -1
      12 August 2012 09: 07
      Well, the flag is in their hands ... a drum around their necks ... well, why not build an industry for 80% assembly ... finances are 90% external ... and scientific developments ... no one has been going to them from Russia lately. .. so where do they come from ...
      1. vic22lud
        +1
        12 August 2012 14: 26
        No assembly - not profitable Finances - who needs a shekel And science - so who's stopping you? With your potential?
        1. 0
          12 August 2012 17: 57
          And what am I talking about ... everything about the same ... we had a frame ... Your compatriot ... after migration, he registered in a patent all the developments of the department for 17 years ... I'm happy for him ... if only you feel good was...plus..
          1. -1
            12 August 2012 20: 47
            Somehow I don't believe it. It makes no sense to register a patent in Israel, the country is small and the market is small. To register a patent in America (I know from my own experience) costs about $25000 and that's just for one patent. I assume that your department has developed a lot of things in 17 years (by the way, why didn’t you file patents yourself?) and I also assume that your former colleague was not a dollar millionaire to patent all this.
            1. +1
              12 August 2012 20: 51
              In America, there are so-called investment companies... you come... you show... you get money... but about yourself... everything seems to be popular... it was...
              1. -1
                12 August 2012 20: 59
                There are so-called investment companies in America... you come... you show... you get money...

                Don't believe fairy tales. In order to get at least a cent from these companies, you need to invest heavily, to convince that your invention is worth something, etc., etc. I declare to you the owner of several US Patents. I'm not saying that keeping a patent "alive" is even more expensive.
                And yet, communication with the patent bureau left an indelible mark for life, the Soviet bureaucracy nervously smokes on the sidelines looking at the American hardened bureaucracy ...
      2. +1
        8 September 2012 15: 39
        In Israel, 80% of exports are technology. for this you need a couple of computers and a couple of smart people, but that's enough))
  11. ad3wsafdf
    -2
    12 August 2012 00: 45
    The authorities of our country have done a lot, but this is already too much.
    I generally accidentally found him http://xurl.es/poisksng
    Here is information about each of us, for example: relatives, friends, correspondence from social networks.
    And most importantly, it is accessible to everyone, I was really scared at first - you never know what moron there will climb
    Well, the truth is that you can delete all
  12. Vlados
    +2
    12 August 2012 10: 42
    What is true is true. Israel, with the desire to survive, creates technologies (and not only military ones) relatively quickly and efficiently. Money is not spared in trying to find and create. Israel quite often suffers from a lack of resources to provide citizens with essential life resources, such as the minimum wage and the high cost of many things available in other developed countries, plus a huge income tax of 17%. A huge part of the treasury goes to defense.
    1. +1
      12 August 2012 11: 01
      plus a huge income tax of 17%

      You are confusing this with VAT. Progressive income tax goes up to over 50%...
      1. Vlados
        +2
        12 August 2012 12: 07
        Exactly :) Thanks for the correction.
        1. 0
          12 August 2012 17: 59
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  14. -1
    13 August 2012 10: 05
    Quote: SoVIet ZiMBo_O
    Israel is a tiny state, young, many national, implements projects

    And we live badly because your Israeli brothers in Russia poked everything, destroyed the economy. One even was the president - he worked very productively. Thank you!.
  15. -1
    13 August 2012 10: 05
    Well-trained, combat-minded, and highly technical cyber warfare fighters can keep up with conventional commandos, can quickly deal with enemy vehicles and seize or destroy the necessary devices.

    LOLSHOT!?
    Of course, I understand that Israel needs to look menacing so that some Papuans are afraid. From here, the best intelligence, the best tanks, the best special forces, etc. are promoted ... But you don’t need to reach insanity.
    1. +1
      13 August 2012 11: 25
      From here, the best intelligence, the best tanks, the best special forces, etc. are promoted ...

      Actually, the article is American, not Israeli ...
      At one time, Israeli special forces from 3.14 built a whole Soviet radar from the Egyptians, they hooked it with helicopters and that was it.
  16. Bismark
    0
    15 August 2012 11: 37
    Just military equipment should not be too computerized.

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