http://www.timesofisrael.com/hackers-threaten-israhell-cyber-attack-over-gaza/
By David Shamah
Times of Israel
July 9, 2014
As the war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza rages on, anti-Israel hackers
are gearing up for yet another large-scale cyber-attack on Israel. Set for
Friday, July 11, #OpSaveGaza, anti-Israel hackers promise, the denial of
service (DDOS) attack will be the "greatest campaign ever against
‘Israhell,’ to expose their terrorist activity to the world," hackers
wrote
Such politically motivated cyber-attacks are almost routine, and so far
israel’s record of foiling them is good.
Israel is ready, said Dina Beer, CEO of the Israel Internet Association
(ISOC), which administers Israel’s Internet connections to the rest of the
world. "I won’t say that such attacks are easy to deal with, but we are
always ready to deal with them," she told The Times of Israel. "Israel
faces DDOS and hack attacks every day, so we’re experienced with how to
deal with them. The difference during times of crises like these is the
number of hackers that participate in the attacks."
Despite that experience, it would be foolish to dismiss the attacks, said
Isaac Ben-Israel, head of the Tel Aviv University’s Yuval Neeman Workshop
for Science, Technology, and Security.
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