Israeli Police disconnects its computer network from the web to prevent cyber attack

Israel was facing an increasing number of cyber attacks, various government agencies have been under a cyber attack for a week.  The attack results in extraordinary decision to disconnect all the police's computers from the Internet. The Israel police ordered all officers to disconnect their computer network from the web.

The police also issued a warning all relevant parties to avoid inserting external drives and CDs into any computer linked to the system.

“The only reason for disconnecting the computers from the internet is the apparent concern that information would be leaked." says Roni Mecher, manager of the cyber field at Avnet Information Security.

 "This is not a simple thing to carry out, and it's only implemented in acute situations where there's genuine concern of leaking information and utilizing such a Trojan horse planted in the network, one way or another"

Currently, the investigation is underway to determine whether the malware successfully entered the computer network and whether any damage has been caused.