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IDF Hackers Test Readiness In Israel For Cyberattacks
cold fjord points out a profile in Al-Monitor of Israel's cyber-defense group, formed to test the country's defenses to electronic warfare and information theft. Groups, really, since it's run blue-vs-red style, with constant scenario preparation and intrusion attempts. The two (anonymized) leaders of the Blue and Red teams talk about the mind-set and skills that it takes to be in their unit, which they point out is not the place for soda and pizza hijinks. Says "Capt. A": "We are constantly preparing for the next war or the next drill. And in between, we may have some fun dissecting the system and drawing conclusions together. The idea is to instruct the monitoring bodies, [and] to make them understand what they should look for and how to respond."
Jeezes, you have a depth of -1mm. Spying serves a very useful function. It prevents surprises. It was put to good use during the Cold War. The Soviet Union could see what the U.S. was doing and visa versa. It prevent stupid things from happening based on no information or false information. Who cares if Israel spies on the U.S. The U.S. spies on Israel. It helps both side calibrate their actions.
Iran actually offered to pay the US to enrich its uranium so it wouldn't need to seek the ability. The US of course refused. Not to mention, some Iran's top nuclear scientists now were trained at MIT back when iran was In the US favor. But even if iran were seeking it as a weapon, I can play the "retaliation" card too: their nuclear program is payback for our selling Saddam gas and giving him the Intel to use it on Iranian soldiers.