Activist Hackers Are Racing Into the Israel-Hamas War—for Both Sides
WiredAfter an attack on Israel by Hamas on Saturday, Israel declared war and fighting escalated throughout the weekend. Within hours of Hamas militants and rockets entering Israel, such “hacktivist” attacks started to spring up against both Israeli and Palestinian websites and applications. “I saw at least 60 websites get DDoS attacks,” says Will Thomas, a member of the cybersecurity team at the internet infrastructure company Equinix who has been following the online activity. I've seen at least five sites be defaced to show ‘Free Palestine’–related messages.” Most prominently seen in the war between Russia and Ukraine, it is increasingly common for both ideologically motivated hackers and cybercriminals to remotely join the chaos on either side of an escalating conflict by attacking government systems or other institutions. And groups that are ‘new,’ in that they were launched within the last and have limited activities prior to this weekend.” Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some prominent hacktivist groups backing Russian interests have emerged, including gangs known as “Anonymous Sudan” and “Killnet,” both of which appeared to wade into the conflict between Hamas and Israel this weekend.
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