Israeli government confirms it was hit by huge DDoS attack

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Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:13:48 +0000

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Israeli officials are investigating if any data, or infrastructure, were compromised.

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A number of Israeli government agencies were hit by a major Distributed
Denial of Service (DDoS) attack earlier this week, government sources confirmed.

In the last few hours, a denial of service [DDoS] attack has been identified on a communications provider which, as a result, has for a short time prevented access to a number of sites, including government sites, Israels National Cyber Directorate tweeted.

As of this hour all the sites are back for activity, it added. TechRadar
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Both Haaretz, and Kan TV (some of Israels biggest media) reported that the websites of ministries of health, interior, justice and welfare, were all targeted, with the Prime Ministers Office also affected.

A government source from the countrys defense establishment told Haaretz this was probably one of the largest cyberattacks ever launched against the
Israeli government.

While these sources did not identify the attacker, the Jerusalem Post said an Iranian cybercrime group took the blame. Official sources only said that it was either a state actor, or a large organization. Some have speculated that the DDoS attack could be in retaliation for an alleged Israeli operation against an Iranian nuclear facility. Read more

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Even though it was just a DDoS attack, that is unlikely to have caused any serious damage, the countrys officials declared a state of emergency, and are investigating if any data, or infrastructure, were compromised during the attack, Engadget added. The DDoS attack, which has since been mitigated, made it impossible to reach some of the government websites.

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Via: Engadget



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