Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityReports found ministries ignored orders to replace vulnerable remote-work software months before a cyberattack disrupted operations for weeks. The comptroller warned of a 'systemic problem' in cyber preparedness at the Foreign Ministry and emergency agenciesShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeOmer Benjakob09:29 PM • May 26 2026 IDTA cyberattack that disrupted work at Israeli government ministries for several weeks early last year occurred months after the Israel National Cyber Directorate ordered vulnerable remote-access software removed from government systems, according to reports published Tuesday by the State Comptroller.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel policeShin BetIsraeli politicsCyber WarfareIsrael - IranCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran StrikesGazaLebanonIsrael ElectionsAbraham AccordsMaureen GalindoHaQuizHaaretz PodcastCyberattack That Paralyzed Israeli Ministries Was Preventable, State Report SaysLargest-ever Knesset Delegation Bound for NY Israel Day as Mamdani Set to Skip'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Is Another Uninspired 'Star Wars' OfferingMontreal Police Probe Hate Incident After Kippah-wearing Effigy Hung at RallyWhat Trump's Abraham Accords Gambit Reveals About His Remaining Iran OptionsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFreed Gaza Flotilla Activists Report Sexual Abuse, Rape in Israeli CustodyBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla Activists'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonWill Trump Forgive Netanyahu Over Iran? The Emerging Deal Suggests NotOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but TruthWorld Leaders Summon Israeli Envoys Over Ben-Gvir Gaza Flotilla Activists Video