Wednesday's exercise is the third unannounced inspection of the military's readiness under army chief Aviv Kohavi

Minister claims attack was 'aimed at spying on government intelligence,' just days after 'massive' assault was blocked; says hackers were tracked

Telecom minister mum on specifics, but describes the attack as 'very organized and governmental' in origin, day after reports of attacks on banks

Social media giant announces move as it seeks to step up security, improve its image ahead of 2020 US elections; Iran-based accounts posted anti-Israel propaganda, company says

Offensive said to have taken aim at Tehran's propaganda capabilities, seen as a more limited response than military strike that could escalate into war

Microsoft says attackers went after US government officials, journalists, dissidents, breached 4 of its customers' accounts

Wikimedia Foundation says assault which shut down its servers by swamping them with false demands threatened 'fundamental rights to freely access and share information'

New York Times says American hack wiped out critical data base used by Revolutionary Guards; Tehran still struggling to restart system

Critics say that spyware and other tools are abused by client governments which allegedly include Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates