Sunday, November 18, 2012

Massive Cyber Attack Has Been Launched Against Israel


Hackers Launch Assault On Israeli Government Websites -- The Guardian

Israeli officials count 44 million attacks on government sites since bombardment of Gaza began – but only one succeeds.

More than 44 million hacking attempts have been made on Israeli government websites since Wednesday when Israel began its Gaza offensive, according to Israeli officials.

Finance minister Yuval Steinitz said just one hacking attempt was successful on a site he did not want to name, but added that it was up and running after 10 minutes of downtime.

Attempts on defence-related sites were the most numerous, according to his ministry, while 10m attempts were said to have been made on the site of Israel's president, 7m on the foreign ministry and 3m on the site of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

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More News On Cyber War Being Waged Against Israel

Anonymous takes on Israeli websites, wipes Jerusalem bank -- ZDNet
Minister: Israel Faces “Unprecedented” Cyberattack over Gaza -- RIA Novosti
Israel facing 'millions' of cyber-attacks over Gaza -- ABC News (Australia)
Cyber attacks on Israel reach tens of millions -- Global Post
Hackers attack Israeli websites in response to IDF operation in Gaza -- Haaretz
Anonymous is hacking Israeli Web sites -- Washington Post
Israel government Web sites hit by hacker blitz
-- CNET News
Hackers attack Israeli sites -- News24

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