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Israel Faces Cyber Surge: 2PB Data Hacked, New Laws Proposed

2/19/2026

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Yossi Karadi, Chief of the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), says Israel has experienced two petabytes of data hacked lately.
In 2025, phishing attacks rose 35%.
In 2025, cyber influence attacks surged 170%.
Karadi attributes activity to Iranian intelligence.
Karadi proposed a cyber law requiring critical infrastructure providers to meet 63 cyber defense standards and report serious breaches in real time, with a Knesset first reading by March.

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Yossi Karadi, Chief of the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), says Israel has experienced two petabytes of data hacked lately.
In 2025, phishing attacks rose 35%.
In 2025, cyber influence attacks surged 170%.
Karadi attributes activity to Iranian intelligence.
Karadi proposed a cyber law requiring critical infrastructure providers to meet 63 cyber defense standards and report serious breaches in real time, with a Knesset first reading by March.