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27 June 2022

Anonymous hackers operating under the name “Gonjeshke Darande” claimed credit for a cyberattack that targeted three Iranian steel companies. The following day, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett asserted that “just like there’s nuclear deterrence, there’s going to be cyber deterrence… My approach generally with our enemies, especially Iran, is, we don’t go around just wreaking havoc in Tehran. That’s never been our policy. Our policy is, though, that if you mess with Israel, you’ll pay a price. And you can no longer hit Israel indirectly through proxies, through Hizbollah, through Hamas, and think you’ll get away with it”. “If anyone attacks us on cyber, we’re going to attack back. We’re not going to be feeble”, he added.

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