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Washington Post cites officials saying Jerusalem carried out ‘highly accurate’ hack, apparently in retaliation for Iranian attempt to target Israeli water infrastructure

May 18 2020

Israel carried out a recent sophisticated cyberattack on an Iranian port facility, causing widespread chaos, apparently in retaliation for an attempt by Tehran to target Israel’s water infrastructure, the Washington Post reported Monday.

The report, citing foreign and US officials, said Israel was likely behind the hack that brought the “bustling Shahid Rajaee port terminal to an abrupt and inexplicable halt” on May 9.

 

“Computers that regulate the flow of vessels, trucks and goods all crashed at once, ­creating massive backups on waterways and roads leading to the facility,” the Post reported, adding that it had seen satellite photos showing miles-long traffic jams leading to the port and ships still waiting to offload several days later.

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Cyberattack: Anti-Israel message takes over multiple Israeli websites

The bottom of the page credited a group called "Hackers_Of_Savior" for the attack.

TZVI JOFFRE  

MAY 21, 2020

Multiple Israeli website were the target of a cyberattack on Thursday, their homepages being replaced with an anti-Israel video and message in Hebrew and broken English: "The countdown of Israel destruction has begun since a long time ago."

The bottom of the page credited a group called "Hackers_Of_Savior" for the attack. The page title was changed to "Be Ready for a Big Surprise" in Hebrew. Visitors to the sites were asked to allow access to their cameras.
 
"This is a combined attack that tries not just to harm Israeli sites and to disturb the economy from operating, but also tries to gain personal information from users that enter these sites through control of the users' cameras, which would allow the recording of personal information and pictures of thousands of Israelis," according to Avitar Gat, Digital Systems Operator at the Zeliger Shomron PR agency.
 
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Times Of Israel

 

National cyber agency: Attack is superficial, limited to single hosting company

The National Cyber Directorate says that the attack on Israeli websites is “superficial” and limited to a single hosting company used by a number of private entities, Hebrew media reports.

The agency says it is continuing to assist and assess the incident, as well as trying to trace the perpetrators, noting that it warned last week of the possibility of an Iranian cyberattack to mark Quds Day.

The directorate says state websites were not attacked in the cyber assault.

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