The Main Cyber Threats Putting Israel's Upcoming Election at Risk More Than Ever

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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/as-election-campaign-gets-underway-israel-faces-threats-by-hackers-1.6822455

By Amitai Ziv
Haaretz.com
Jan 08, 2019

UPDATE: 'Foreign country' intends to intervene in Israeli elections, Shin 
Bet chief says

It's Election Day April 9 and you're told when you come to cast your 
ballot, "Sorry, you don't appear on the voter rolls - you can't vote." 
Before that you've been deluged by text messages from a candidate, but 
they’ve been sent by his rivals in the hope you'll protest the annoyance 
by voting against. The next day, the Central Elections Committee says it's 
having trouble collecting the results.

These things may not happen when Israelis go to the polls, but the odds 
are growing that at least some of them will. More than at any time in the 
past, Israel's election system is exposed to a cybersecurity risk during 
the campaigning, including the process of vote counting.

The Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies has 
crafted a study noting the likely threats based on the experience of other 
countries' elections in recent years and suggests steps Israel can take to 
prevent them.

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