A cyber attack campaign, #OpIsrael by
hacking group Anonymous, targeting Israeli websites caused massive
disruption to government, academic and private sites Sunday. Israeli
media said small business had been targeted. Some homepage messages were
replaced with anti-Israel slogans.
Anonymous
threatened to disrupt and erase Israel from cyberspace in protest over
its mistreatment of Palestinians. In response to the eight day assault
that killed 133 Palestinians,
Anonymous defaced thousands of Israeli sites and provided information
for Gazans facing Internet and communications blackouts.
Over 60 million hacking attempts were reportedly made. Most of the attacks
have had little impact, and Israeli experts even say they welcome the
attempts as ways of sharpening their defenses. Israel itself is accused
of taking part in much more sophisticated cyber attacks against its
enemies, particularly Iran.
Hackers have tried before to topple Israeli sites, with limited success. This is the second cyber attack on Israel allegedly launched by Anonymous.
Some 700 Israeli website suffered repeated DDos attack,
which targeted high-profile government systems such as the Foreign
Ministry, the Bank of Jerusalem, the Israeli Defence Ministry, the IDF
blog, and the Israeli President's official website.
The hackers also released a list of email addresses and credit card numbers, reportedly lifted from the online catalog of Israel Military, a privately-owned business that sells military surplus.
List of all hacked sites are available in following pastebins
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