Hacktivists "Anonymous" and Others Target Israeli Websites

[AttackPlanR]

....Israel regularly fights off hundreds of hacking attempts every day, but nothing on the scale of the recent torrent of attacks.The online group Anonymous and other protesters have barraged Israel with more than 60 million hacking attempts, according to the finance minister, Yuval Steinitz.

To counter the threat, Steinitz said, the government is working in "emergency mode." He claimed all but one of the attacks has been fended off, and that one knocked a website offline for only 10 minutes.

Anonymous - the multifaceted movement of online rebels and self-described "hacktivists," spearheaded the campaign against Israel, distributing press releases and videos denouncing what it described as an "insane attack" against Gaza. The cyber onslaught began after Israel launched airstrikes against Gaza last week following persistent rocket fire.....

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A new component of warfare is surfacing. Groups of individuals (not necessarily nation-states) are joining in and taking a side. In this case it looks like everyone who has the means vs. Israel.

[dsummoner]

How funny would it be if the Israeli government Stuxnettted (or one of its variants) the attackers?

[AttackPlanR]

How funny would it be if the Israeli government Stuxnettted (or one of its variants) the attackers?

Well, somebody let that genie out of the bottle. So it is possible. What goes around comes around.

[Jeebus]

Not so fast.

Anonymous Is Losing Its War Against Israel


You would probably be wise to read what th3j35t3r has to say about "AnonHAMAS."

http://jesterscourt.mil.nf/2012/11/0...and-not-by-me/

https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r

If you don't know who he (th3j35t3r) is, read up on him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jester

[dsummoner]

Well, somebody let that genie out of the bottle. So it is possible. What goes around comes around.

The French are whining about US hacking in regards to their last (s)election.

[Calamari]

After Stuxnet attacks on Siemen's industry equipment it is a little hard to muster up any sympathy. Let them enjoy this taste of their own medicine, as feeble as it is. It doesn't really seem like Anonymous has done anything tangible anyway.

[AttackPlanR]

After Stuxnet attacks on Siemen's industry equipment it is a little hard to muster up any sympathy. Let them enjoy this taste of their own medicine, as feeble as it is. It doesn't really seem like Anonymous has done anything tangible anyway.

Depends on how they measure success. Granted it doesn't sound like any systems have crashed causing havoc, but if Israel is devoting a lot of resources to fend off these attacks and keep their networks up then by some measures it could be considered successful.

[beeg jacques]

Depends on how they measure success. Granted it doesn't sound like any systems have crashed causing havoc, but if Israel is devoting a lot of resources to fend off these attacks and keep their networks up then by some measures it could be considered successful.

Reminder:

Anonymous Is Losing Its War Against Israel

Anonymous defaced or deactivated over 600 websites belonging almost entirely to Israeli small mom and pop businesses, without any clear connection to the IDF's campaign against Gaza. Pretty much anything with a .il domain suffix. Some notable takedowns include a small psychological therapy practice, and a company that provides Jeep tours.

....Their official IRC is a strange mix of gravitas and the scene when a 4th-grade teacher leaves the room and puts one of the kids in charge. Paranoia is rampant (though there surely are Feds monitoring the place), trolling is incessant, as is antisemitism, all-caps tirades, confusion, deliberate misinformation, and platitudes.

[Calamari]

Depends on how they measure success. Granted it doesn't sound like any systems have crashed causing havoc, but if Israel is devoting a lot of resources to fend off these attacks and keep their networks up then by some measures it could be considered successful.

They're just a bunch of script kiddies playing dressup and going after every honeypot they see. They can harass ordinary people and be a nuisance but they aren't really capable of doing anything substantial to a military org. I don't see where they have slowed Israel's killing spree down.