 | About that overnight attack posted here: someone’s nerves are a little jumpy. |
[IsraelTimes] Pro-regime commander says Russian experts brought in to deal with incident initially thought to have been a missile strike
A false alarm caused by a "joint electronic operation" carried out by Israel and the US led to the firing of air defenses missile over Syria overnight Monday, a commander of militia forces supporting the regime said.
| Embarrassing if it’s wide open to hackers, even more embarrassing if it’s a bug in the program, most embarrassing of all if operators at multiple sites are jumping at shadows. |
Speaking on condition of anonymity to Rooters on Tuesday, the commander said that the Syrian radar system had been targeted in the alleged cyberattack and that Russian experts were brought in to resolve the issue.
| All you programmers who’ve dealt with customers can fill in both sides of the conversation, not to mention the thuoghts not uttered aloud... |
Syrian state news originally reported overnight that missiles targeting government air bases had been shot down over the western city of Homs, but later said the air defense systems had been triggered by a false alarm.
Large kabooms were heard near Al Shayrat Air base in Homs province, and in eastern Qalamoun near Damascus, where two other air bases are located, the Syrian Observatory for Human rights reported. |