The inquiry states that the Central Election Committee claims that the system was examined and certified by the Shin-Bet. In contrast, the State Ombudsman's report on the 2015 general election documented critical security failure in "Democracy" - failure to implement in the system a valid entry log. Moreover, the same State Ombudsman report documented that already his report on the 2013 general election had pointed out the same critical security failures . Regardless, up to the 2015 general election, such failures had not been corrected.
Today's inquiry with the Shin-Bet Head Argaman states that combined, the information, which was provided by the Central Election Committee and the State Ombudsman's reports raise serious concerns regarding competence and integrity of the Shin-Bet and Re'em. Moreover, such information raises serious concerns regarding the nature of the regime of the State of Israel today.
This is not the first inquiry of this kind with the Shin-Bet. In 2014 inquiry was sent to then Shin-Bet Head Yoram Cohen, informing him of a March 2002 hack (inside job) of IT systems of the Supreme Court, which was followed by massive falsification of Supreme Court electronic records. The 2014 Shin-Bet response was that the Shin-Bet was not charged with security of the Supreme Court's IT systems. At the same time, the Administration of Courts refused to answer on a FOIA request, which sought to identify the agency that was charged with security of IT systems of the courts"
System analysis and data mining documented massive security failures in IT systems of the Israeli Supreme Court. Based on such studies, which were filed with the UN Human Rights Council, the 2013 Universal Periodic Review-Professional Staff Report states:
Lack of integrity in electronic record systems of the Supreme Court in Israel...Obviously, security failure in IT systems of the courts in general, and of the Supreme Court in particular, also bears serious implications relative to the nature of the Israeli regime.
In a meeting with a senior expert, a person of authority relative to Israeli e-government systems, there was full agreement that one of the key e-government failures is in the definition of "critical systems", security of which is assigned to the Shin-Bet/Re'em. The same person also opined that the Shin-Bet's involvement in e-government was a central cause of e-government integrity failure.
E-government security in Israel has been further mired over the past year with the establishment by Netanyahu of a National Cyber Bureau in the Prime Minister's office, headed by Eviatar Matania, PhD, and a National Cyber Authority, both without adequate legal foundation. With it, Netanyahu gained full control of all critical national information systems.
Over the past year, two publicly funded Cyber Security Research Centers were also launched in leading Israeli academic institutions -- the Technion and the Hebrew University. Prof Eli Biham, a world-renowned cryptology expert and Head of the Technion's new Cyber Security Research Center, refuses to comment on evidence of fraud in IT systems of the Central Election Committee.
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