Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced the establishment of what he termed a "Cyber-Command," aimed at thwarting digital attacks against Israeli infrastructure, military assets, banks, government websites and related networked systems. While the Mossad, Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), military and other entities have their own departments dealing with online warfare, Netanyahu averred in an open interview with YouTube viewers in March that Israel was preparing a government senior- level response to such attacks. "In the defense sphere, the State of Israel is exposed to cyber- attacks, including on electricity, water, transport, and communications systems, credit cards and any other computerized field. There is a need to develop a defensive response to this threat," Netanyahu said. "The main responsibility of the task force will be to expand the state's ability to defend vital infrastructure networks against cybernetic terrorist ...