Iran launching attacks against Israel 'daily' in tech war threatening planes

"Iranian hackers are waging a relentless cyberwar against Israel with daily attempts to access key communication networks and computer systems, according to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

There are fears that flights in and out of the country could be targeted if state-sponsored hackers manage to breach the cybersecurity systems protecting Israeli civil aviation programmes.

Israeli officials have long suspected Iran of seeking to hack into important systems and also believe Tehran could try to interfere with April 6 elections. The Islamic Republic has also been named by other Western powers as a rising force in cyberwarfare.

Mr Netanyahu told a cybersecurity conference in Tel Aviv: 'Iran attacks Israel on a daily basis. We monitor these attacks, we see these attacks and we foil these attacks all the time.'..."