Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel leads the world in cyber-defense, following a report that an unnamed nation planned to meddle in its upcoming general election, The Times of Israel reported.

“Israel is prepared to thwart a cyber intervention, we’re prepared for any scenario and there’s no country more prepared than we are,” he told reporters.

“A foreign state is planning on intervening in the upcoming elections in Israel, and it will intervene,” Nadav Argaman was quoted as telling participants at an event.

“I don’t know at this stage in favor of who or against who,” he reportedly said in Hebrew.

Though Argaman’s statements were made during an event hosted by Friends of Tel Aviv University, Israel’s military censor barred from publication much of what he said.