Lionsgate Community founder and CEO Bezalel Eithan Raviv talks in regards to the new “battle of codes” that he believes could possibly be the way forward for warfare.
Because the battle between Israel and Iran intensifies, most are targeted on conventional battlefields: air, land, and sea. Nonetheless, this battle is taking part in out on a digital battlefield as properly. Lionsgate Community CEO and Founder Bezalel Eithan Raviv spoke with FOX Enterprise in regards to the current Nobitex hack and its implications on the way forward for geopolitical conflicts.
“I feel it is a game-changer. I feel geopolitical efforts and battle as we see it’s proper now taking part in in numerous avenues,” Raviv mentioned. “We at all times mentioned that if you hint the funds, you’ll be able to see what’s behind the scenes. And now that is one other escalation or evolution of how components or actors or entities inside the house are capable of goal the precise supply of funding and alter the sport for the whole system.”
Hacker sits at a pc with Bitcoin behind them. (istock / iStock)
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Nobitex, one in every of Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, was just lately the sufferer of a hack that led to almost $90 million in losses. The hacking group Gonjeshke Darande, which has ties to Israel, claimed accountability for the assault. In line with Reuters, Gonjeshke Darande has a historical past of attacking Iran by refined cyber hacks. Although the Israeli authorities has by no means formally acknowledged its ties to the group, Israeli media says Gonjeshke Darande is “linked” to the nation.
Gonjeshke Darande’s newest obvious anti-Iran hack comes as long-escalating tensions between Tehran and Jerusalem erupted on June 13 with Israel’s historic preemptive assaults. Now, Raviv says that the world is witnessing a brand new type of warfare with just about zero lives misplaced.
“It is a battle of codes, actually, the place casualties in human life are zero and the efforts are solely behind the scenes, no ammunition in any respect,” Raviv advised FOX Enterprise. “The again finish for any form of battlefield is way more vital than the entrance traces, so that is mainly now change of characters within the synopsis or the narrative of what a battle seems like.”
Missiles fired from Iran are seen streaking throughout the skies over town of Hebron within the West Financial institution on June 18, 2025. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu through Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
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Raviv acknowledges that whereas human lives usually are not misplaced on the digital battlefield, they are often destroyed there by dangerous actors. He mentioned the parallels between conventional terrorism and monetary terrorism are evident—malicious actors goal an entity, and the victims are sometimes harmless customers who simply trusted their funds to an unprepared custodian.
“Persons are being scammed, $53 billion a 12 months within the US alone,” Raviv mentioned. “It is a very alarming quantity and it rings like a church bell on Sunday, however regulation enforcement clearly have not stepped as much as the sport but as a result of we have seen these circumstances, 6,000 new circumstances every day, proper?”
Now, Raviv is asking for extra motion, saying that laws just like the recently-passed GENIUS Act isn’t sufficient.
“Each particular person with cash of their financial institution ought to fear as a result of regulation enforcement usually are not doing sufficient and laws remains to be 5 years [behind],” Raviv advised FOX Enterprise.
The variety of folks worldwide that personal no less than $1 million price of cryptocurrency has soared over the previous 12 months. (iStock)
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Whereas the Lionsgate Community CEO believes there’s work to be completed on a number of fronts, he says all of it stems from “the truth that each alternate is transferring malicious-related cash and having fun with the fee, regardless if that transaction was legit or illegitimate, they nonetheless benefit from the precise fee. That’s their bloodline. That is how they revenue.”
