Cyberattack takes down Israeli government websites
, attackers took down several Israeli government websites on Monday evening, including those for the ministries of health, interior, justice and welfare. The Prime Minister's Office website was also affected. All of the websites are back online, the country's National Cyber Directorate said in a statement.
The government hasn't officially identified a likely perpetrator, but it did say the sites were victims of a denial of service attack that flooded them with traffic.sources claimed the cyberattack targeted sites with a gov.il domain, and suspected that either a state actor or a"large organization" was responsible.an Iran-linked hacker group supposedly took credit, and that this may have been retaliation for an alleged Israeli operation against an Iranian nuclear facility.
It's unclear whether or not this is the largest cyberattack against Israel to date, as a defense source told. However, the NCF and defense officials were reportedly concerned enough to declare a state of emergency and review the possible damage, including anything that might compromise other key websites and critical infrastructure.ahead of Russia's invasion, the denial of service attacks here are unlikely to have done much damage.