Israel confirmed lending Ecuador its knowledge to help them defend against the millions of cyber-attacks they faced after they stopped providing WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, with asylum.

“The National Israeli Cyber-Safety Administrative Office answered Ecuador’s call, and shared relevant information related to the cyber-attacks the country is facing,” said a spokesperson for the Israeli entity.

He remarked on the importance of international cooperation in order to fight against these types of attacks, and on the Computer Emergency Response Team’s work in fighting against cyber-attacks. “It works with over 70 international equivalents and cyber-safety agencies all over the world.”

Earlier this week, Javier Jara, Electronic Government sub-secretary at Ecuador’s Telecommunication’s Ministry (MINTEL), confirmed the fact that Israel is one of the countries that would help his own fight against the attacks it suffered after stopping offering asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Over 40 million attacks were recorded.

“Israel’s government has made us an offer. They will be the ones to help us, since they have a great deal of experience on the subject of cyber-attacks and cyber-defense,” said Jara.

Amir Carmi, Technology Director at safety company ESET’s Israeli office, said that “since Israel is a regular recipient of these types of attacks, we are often consulted regarding these matters, as we have a whole lot of experience with them,” he also added that the help they provide is usually based on website defense, mainly of government sites and databases of both public and private information that hackers may access and later spread online.

Patricio Real, vice-minister of Ecuador’s Information and Communication Techonologies ministry, confirmed that the past few days saw many government entities suffer cyber-attacks, including important government institutions such as the Chancellery, the Central Bank, the Presidency, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Tax Services, the public C.N.T. telecommunications company and several Autonomous and Decentralized Governments.

Carmi, who refers to the people behind the attacks as “hacktivists” (hackers with political agendas), said that Israel faces these types of attacks on a daily basis, including many that aim to publish anti-government messages, usually in Arab, in official sites.