New Israeli cyber chief Karadi: Iran has attacked every citizen in Israel multiple times
Tehran hacked into parking and other road cameras to “track the movements of Israeli VIPs, with the aim of building operations to target and harm them,” Karadi said.
Iran used cyber weapons to try to attack every citizen in Israel multiple times during the 12-day June war, Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) chief Yossi Karadi said in his first public speech since taking office in March.
Speaking at the Cyber Week conference at Tel Aviv University, Karadi explained that there were 1,200 social engineering hacking operations, each targeting thousands of Israelis.
The INCD chief revealed that during the June war, Tehran hacked into parking and other road cameras to “track the movements of Israeli VIPs, with the aim of building operations to target and harm them.”
Iran hacked camera before missile hit Israeli university
Further, Karadi said that when the Islamic Republic struck Weizmann University with a ballistic missile during the June war, it had taken control of a street camera watching the building just before the missile struck.
A rescuer uses his phone at an impact site following a missile strike from Iran on Israel, in Holon, Tel Aviv, Israel June 19, 2025. (credit: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters)
In addition, to augment the psychological impact of the missile attack, Iran sent threatening emails to workers at the targeted university departments prior to the attack.
Moreover, Tehran “published leak data to deepen fear.”
In addition, Karadi announced that Israel is about to sign a new strategic agreement with Germany to “develop the next generation of national cyber defense.”
