Matthew Bell

Matthew Bell is a Jerusalem-based Middle East reporter. He has been with The World since 2001 and has filed stories from cities across the US and abroad.

Israel’s Defense Minister Confirms Cyber-Warfare Campaign

June 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Eugene Kaspersky runs a cyber security lab that is credited with discovering the Flame computer virus. (Photo: Matthew Bell)

Eugene Kaspersky runs a cyber security lab that is credited with discovering the Flame computer virus. (Photo: M. Bell)

Israel’s defense minister Ehud Barak made a rare public disclosure on Wednesday but he didn’t go into specifics. Barak said the Israelis are engaged in a campaign of cyber-warfare that is both defensive and offensive.

His comments follow revelations of the so-called “Flame” virus that was unleashed on computers in Iran. The World’s Matthew Bell has more from Jerusalem.

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