Hackers stole 2 quadrillion bytes of data from Israelis in recent years
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Israel ranks among the top three countries targeted by hackers, with 2 petabytes of data stolen from Israelis in recent years—equivalent to 100 times the size of the National Library of Israel's digital collection.
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) Chief Yossi Karadi told The Jerusalem Post that Israel is among the three countries most targeted by hackers worldwide. A stunning two petabytes (two quadrillion bytes) of data has been hacked from Israelis in recent years, Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) Chief Yossi Karadi told The Jerusalem Post in an exclusive interview Feb. 18. To give the public an idea of the size of such hacks, the digital size of the entire massive National Library of Israel is only 20 trillion bytes, meaning hackers penetrated and seized the equivalent of 100 national libraries of data. This statistic comes from a variety of hackers’ activities and data analysis points. Full Story