Gaza war casts long shadow over Israeli cyber tech

Significance

The country’s renowned cyberespionage and surveillance capabilities were to some extent undermined by Hamas’s low-tech communications and misdirection. The conflict, so far, has involved some cyberattacks (including by non-state patriotic hackers), but Israel’s strength in this domain is proving less valuable against low-tech adversaries such as Hamas who rely on older forms of communication and less networked weaponry.

Impacts

• Israel’s reputation for cyberespionage and surveillance capabilities will suffer, hurting the prospects of its technology firms.
• Hamas will continue to avoid most modern forms of communication in order to evade Israeli cyber capabilities.
• Israel’s technology sector would likely suffer a permanent setback if Tel Aviv leans on them to gather intelligence about their clients.