High-profile Israeli firms' sites hacked by pro-Palestine group
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Recently, a massive data breach and subsequent data leaks affected 49 Israeli companies, including the Israel Innovation Authority, Toyota 'Israel,' and others.
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A photo posted on X by Cyber Flood indicating the Ministry of Education in "Israel" was hacked (X photo)
A group of pro-Palestine hackers calling itself Cyber Toufan (Flood) hacked the websites of more than 40 high-profile enterprises in occupied Palestine.
Israeli media reported that in the past few weeks, "Israel" was subjected to an unprecedented cyber-attack by the group.
Cyber Toufan executed a series of smart attacks, leaking data from a number of Israeli companies. The hackers succeeded in infiltrating the database, which allowed them to access private info about the companies and their clients.
According to estimates, information about millions of Israelis has been publicized, and the data in the cyber world have been described as "pure gold".
Recently, a massive data breach and subsequent data leaks affected 49 Israeli companies, including the "Israel Innovation Authority," "Toyota Israel," the "Ministry of Welfare and Social Security," "IKEA Israel," cybersecurity and geo-intelligence company "Max Security", and others, as reported by the threat intelligence platform FalconFeedsio.
According to a post by FalconFeedsio on X: “Contrary to popular belief, the cyber attackers did not breach all these companies individually. Instead, they targeted a single hosting company, Signature-IT, and allegedly stole data belonging to [over] 40 Israeli firms."
Signature-IT's e-commerce and website hosting services allow customers to use e-commerce and hosting services in the occupied territories.
In late November, the same organization targeted various Israeli websites and Hebrew media sources.
At the time, the hackers infiltrated "Israel's" Ministry of Military Affairs and then dumped massive amounts of data on Cyber Toufan's Telegram account. According to them, the data included the names of Israeli occupation forces and reservists.
A hacker revealed data he said were of Israeli troops, including their names, ranks, service numbers, and places of residence, in a video uploaded on its Telegram account.
In a statement, Cyber Toufan stated it had destroyed over 1,000 servers in attacks and accessed 150 Israeli targets, including hundreds of organizations and corporations.
Hezbollah involved in false alarm activation?
Back in October, Israeli channel Kan TV reported that "Israel" was investigating whether Hezbollah was involved in activating false alarms in the north.
The channel's political analyst said that when warning sirens sounded in the northern areas, reports reached the political and security leadership of the Israeli occupation about a drone attack against "Israel", with alarms sounding throughout Israeli settlements.
He pointed out that the Israeli security establishment is investigating whether there is something beyond a misdiagnosis, such as interference, resulting from cyber warfare by Hezbollah, which led to a lack of clarity for an extended period at that time.
Furthermore, Kan TV's expert indicated that this matter is currently under examination and the Israeli security establishment cannot confirm if this is indeed what happened.
However, she highlighted that in recent days, there has been significant electronic warfare in the northern region, not limited to GPS jamming, and this is also under investigation.
