Anonymous hacks Israel for Holocaust Memorial, minimal damage

Hackers associated with activist group Anonymous launched an attack on Israeli websites, but Israeli cyber experts say the damage is minimal. The group reportedly hit the websites of the premier’s office, the defense ministry, the education ministry and the Central Bureau of Statistics, but all appeared to be running normally. The finance ministry said Sunday the Israel government’s websites are available to the public.

National Council for Research and Development head Professor Yitzhak Ben Israel says the damage to the website was “more or less non-existent.” Ben Israel, who founded the National Cyber Bureau, said it was because of the country’s preparedness to fend off cyberattacks. Israeli data protection consultancy Cyberia co-founder Guy Mizrahi also confirmed several Israeli websites had been under a “significant attack” for the past few days, with hackers stealing data or leaving messages. In November, Anonymous claimed it had downed the databases of nearly 700 Israeli sites in protest over the confrontation between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.

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