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Mandi Kogosowski

Screenshot from the interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1VAcFJaCpM&ab_channel=i24NEWSEnglish

"It's an honor to host the Israeli Cybertech conference in Dubai, to meet our brothers"

The head of the UAE cyber directorate, Dr. Mohamed al-Kuwaiti, made the comments in a joint interview with his Israeli counterpart Yigal Unna several days before the opening of the conference that will focus on developing opportunities and deepening cybersecurity cooperation between the two countries

Mandi Kogosowski | 30/03/2021

Photo: US Army

Revealed: US military conducted over 20 cyber operations to prevent election interference

Defense of the integrity of US elections has become an enduring mission of the Defense Department, falling mostly on the Cyber Command. According to American intelligence, Russia, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela and Hezbollah tried to meddle in the last elections

Mandi Kogosowski | 29/03/2021

The Australian Parliament. Photo from the official website

Cyberattack against Parliament, TV network in Australia

The news broadcasts of Channel Nine from Sydney were disrupted over the weekend in what is described as largest cyberattack ever carried out against an Australian media company. Meanwhile, the Australian Parliament's e-mail system was taken offline to protect it from another attack

Mandi Kogosowski | 29/03/2021

Members of the Rohingya minority of Myanmar. Photo: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development office Flickr/ commons.wikimedia/org

“It is only a matter of time until a genocide survivor sues an Israeli defense company”

Attorney Eitay Mack, who dedicates his life to greater public oversight of Israel’s military export, and to exposing alleged arms and technology deals with dark regimes, explains to Israel Defense that if the current path continues, the country could find itself in a lot of trouble

Mandi Kogosowski | 29/03/2021

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Photo from the website of the Foreign Ministry of the People's Republic of China

While strengthening position in Middle East, China to invite Israel, Palestinians for talks

The comment on the invitation was made by Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who started an official tour of the Middle East on Wednesday. The senior diplomat will visit Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, the UAE, Bahrain and Oman

Mandi Kogosowski | 25/03/2021

The Barakah nuclear power station. Photo: Wikiemirati – Own work, commons.wikimedia.org

UAE to host international nuclear emergency exercise

The IAEA's most comprehensive emergency exercise, involving more than 170 countries, will take place later this year. The exercise is to be held at the Barakah nuclear power station that started to generate electricity last summer

Mandi Kogosowski | 22/03/2021

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: REUTERS/Umit Bektas

From natural gas to the Temple Mount: Turkey’s interests in normalizing relations with Israel

Ankara has been increasingly turning to local media in order to send cautious signals of rapprochement to Jerusalem, which in turn is enjoying recent regional developments that have strengthened its position and made it a key partner in security, economy and energy issues

Mandi Kogosowski | 15/03/2021

Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Russia slows down Twitter, citing inappropriate content

The Russian internet regulator claims that the social network must remove forbidden content including posts on suicide, drugs and child pornography, threatening a total blockage

Mandi Kogosowski | 11/03/2021

The MoU signing ceremony on Monday in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photo: Israeli Energy Ministry Spokespersons Office

Connecting to Europe: Israel to lay world's longest subsea power cable

The energy ministers of Israel, Cyprus and Greece signed a memorandum of understanding in Nicosia to lay the EuroAsia interconnector, which will be placed in the Mediterranean with a length of about 1,500 km and a maximum depth of 2,700 meters, and connect the electricity networks of the three countries

Mandi Kogosowski | 10/03/2021