Cyber hackers at Anonymous launched a cyber onslaught on Thursday aimed at the Israeli government and corporate websites in retaliation for Israel’s airstrikes in the Gaza Strip this week.
The cyber attack represents the latest efforts by hackers to influence geopolitical events and comes just weeks after the websites of a slew of U.S. banks were brought down by attackers believed to be tied to Iran.
“We see this more and more. Cyber attacks are now part of political conflicts,” said Ronen Kenig, director of security product marketing at Tel Aviv-based security firm Radware (RDWR).
The new Anonymous effort began at 3 a.m. ET on Thursday and deployed sophisticated distributor denial of service (DDoS) tools, according to Radware.
In a letter posted on Pastebin and addressed to the government of the state of Israel, Anonymous laid out a three-step “crusade” aimed at “systematically removing you from the Internet.”
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