Cyber Warfare: Two Instances where Kinetic Force was used in response to Cyberattack
Two Tales of Using Kinetic Force in Response to Cyberattack May 2019, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a physical attack on Hamas in immediate response to an alleged cyber-assault . The IDF hit a building in the Gaza Strip with an airstrike after claiming the site had been used by Hamas cyber operatives to attack Israel’s cyber space. It came amid days of intense fighting between the IDF and terror groups in the Gaza Strip. The IDF claimed it stopped the attack online before launching its airstrike on Hamas. It claims it has now wiped out Hamas’ cyber operational capabilities. Israel Defense Forces said via Twitter : “We thwarted an attempted Hamas cyber offensive against Israeli targets. Following our successful cyber defensive operation, we targeted a building where the Hamas cyber operatives work. HamasCyberHQ.exe has been removed.” It could mark a change in modern cyber warfare tactics, given that it is the first time a cyber-attack has been met with immediat