14 DAY TRIAL // Hackers operating under the banners of Anonymous have taken offline important Israeli government websites as a reaction to the alleged shutdown of various social media accounts of the group.
The list of websites affected by the attack includes those of Israel Defense Forces, the Bank of Israel and the Israeli Prime Minister. The attackers made the list public on the anonymous publishing platform Pastebin.
Some of the online services are still down, including the one for the Israel Defense Forces (idf.gov.il).
The actions of the hackers are meant to show their solidarity with the people of Gaza and to try to stop Israel from attacking the region.
In the Pastebin post, published on August 24 under the alias AntiSec, the hackers say that even if one individual is stopped, others would continue the work.
“You never know what results will come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result,” the message adds.
IDF’s online presence has been affected numerous times, and not only the official website has been taken down, but their Twitter account was also hijacked back in July by the Syrian Electronic Army hacker group; they published a warning about a fake nuclear leak after rockets hit the Dimona nuclear plant.
Tango Down - http://t.co/7rzfqHCSex #Anonymous #AntiSec #OpSaveGaza
— Anonymous (@AnonymousGlobo) August 25, 2014