Sources close to the hacker collective Anonymous numerous attacks on websites of the Israeli government and Israeli companies have done. The reason given was the Israeli military strikes on targets in Gaza and called the feared shutdown of all telecommunication lines from the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli government called over Reuters even 44 million attempted attacks, but that would have had little effect. They would merely ensure that a site about ten minutes was not reachable. "The computer department of the Ministry continues to fend off millions of cyber attacks," said Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz. "Now pay off the investments we have made in recent years in computer-based defense systems." A ministry spokesman said the attacks came from all over the world, but especially from Israel itself and Palestinian territories.
Anonymous however, reported on Twitter by numerous successful hacking of the campaign called # OpIsrael who were also accompanied by attacks on U.S. politicians. The group will have changed by more than 600 Israeli websites "defacements", which are said to have been mainly to major web sites. It should also managed to delete databases the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the Bank of Jerusalem.
"While the Israeli government has threatened public order, to stop all Internet and telecommunications between Gaza and the outside world, she has crossed a red line," said a statement from Anonymous. "Had As the former Egyptian dictator Mubarak learn the hard way -. We are Anonymous, and no one shuts down the Internet, while we are on layer" Israel had justified his announcement so, the radical Islamic Hamas could feedback on felling sites of their Rockets fired into Israel received and thus achieve a higher hit accuracy.
In a further statement is Anonymous members defended against accusations by critics. They had never used anti-Semitic terms and also no support for Palestinian military operations expressed. "Our goal was to protect the rights of the Palestinian people, which threatens to disclose, as Israel tried to switch off the mobile and internet services throughout Gaza. We know what happens to the victims of oppression, when the lights go out. "
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