In the largest cyberattack ever against Israel, a number of Israeli government websites went down.
The websites of the interior, health, justice and welfare ministries were down, as was that of the Prime Minister’s Office.
Ynet reports that it is suspected to have been perpetrated by Iranian-aligned hackers.
The National Cyber Directorate said that “the attack was aimed at government and non-security websites, and especially not at public computer systems as for now.”
According to estimates, the websites were targeted by a DDoS attack, which disrupts a website’s normal traffic by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of internet traffic. DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks are considered quite basic and don’t pose a risk of sensitive information leaking.
The attack lasted for a little longer than an hour and all websites were back online.
{Matzav.com Israel}
Is this a bad thing? Sounds super. Who’s the hero behind it?
You are either a total idiot, or ….. just a regular idiot.
It’s finally happening and you don’t say Hodu Lashem?
The Persians are at it, whoever was left from זרע עמלק מימים ההם בזמן הזה
Persia is Yishmael, not amaliek.
Iran admitted to being the culprits here. Honestly, I don’t know what Israel is waiting for.
Israel must get permission from democrats Kirsten Gillabrand and Cory Booker first.
Chamesh mei’os ish…
A freilichen purim!