Hackers target Israeli government websites

[JstaRebel 48]

A weekend cyberattack campaign has targeted Israeli government websites but failed to cause serious disruption, officials say. Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, of the government's National Cyber Bureau, said on Sunday that hackers had mostly failed to shut down key sites.

"So far it is as was expected, there is hardly any real damage," Ben Yisrael said. "Anonymous doesn't have the skills to damage the country's vital infrastructure. And if that was its intention, then it wouldn't have announced the attack of time. It wants to create noise in the media about issues that are close to its heart,'' he said.

The cyber attacks followed a warning from the hacker group Anonymous, which said it would launch a massive attack on Israeli sites in an "operation" called #OpIsrael.

"You have shown that you do not respect international law," said the group in

released online addressing the Israeli government.

"This is why that on April 7, elite cyber-squadrons from around the world have decided to unite in solidarity with the Palestinian people against Israel as one entity to disrupt and erase Israel from cyberspace," it added.

[JstaRebel 48]

Palestinians are not the only ones in the world that think this illegal occupation and Israel's blatent disregard for international law have been going on for WAY TOO LONG! It will be interesting to see how successful the hacker group "Anonymous" is with the Israeli government sites.

[OriZ 3,157]

I laughed my #### off when Israeli hackers hacked the opisrael website itself in retaliation and left the Israeli flag and anthem...amateurs.

[JstaRebel 48]

I laughed my #### off when Israeli hackers hacked the opisrael website itself in retaliation and left the Israeli flag and anthem...amateurs.

Yeah, I've been watching this, and they were really unsuccessful at their attempts to cause them problems.