https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/5/18530412/israel-defense-force-hamas-cyber-attack-air-strike
By Andrew Liptak
The Verge
May 5, 2019
The Israel Defense Force says that it stopped an attempted cyber attack
launched by Hamas over the weekend, and retaliated with an airstrike against
the building where it says the attack originated from in Gaza. It’s believed to
be the first time that a military has retaliated with physical violence in real
time against a cyberattack.
Violence erupted this weekend as Hamas and the IDF launched attacks against one
another in the last three days. Hamas fired more than 600 rockets into Israel,
while the IDF conducted its own strikes against hundreds of what it
characterized as military targets. Thus far, at least 27 Palestinians and four
Israeli civilians have been killed, with more than a hundred wounded. Tensions
between Israel and Hamas have grown in the last year, with protests and
violence erupting periodically. Reuters and The Wall Street Journal have good
overviews of the situation.
During the battle on Saturday, the IDF says that Hamas launched a cyberattack
against Israel. It didn’t reveal what the target was, but told The Times of
Israel that it was designed to “[harm] the quality of life of Israeli
citizens.” It also indicated that the attack didn’t appear to be sophisticated
and was quickly stopped. An IDF spokesperson told the publication that “Hamas
no longer has cyber capabilities after our strike.”
The IDF released video that it says is of the building that the cyberattack was
launched from.
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