More Israeli websites targeted by cyberattacks: Israel media
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Anonymous Sudan brings down the websites of the KAN Public Broadcasting Corporation and "Israel's" largest transit bus company Egged.
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A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017 (Reuters)
Israeli media reported that the Anonymous Sudan hacker group pursued on Tuesday its denial-of-service (Dos) cyberattacks against Israeli occupation websites.
Israeli news website Maariv said that after it targeted on Monday Mossad and the so-called "National Insurance Institute" websites, as well as several Israeli other government websites, Anonymous Sudan brought down the websites of Israeli telecommunications companies Cellcom and Partner, "Tel Aviv" University, the Israeli "National water company," and the Jerusalem Post
Maariv cited the hacker group as saying that it also brought down the websites of the KAN Public Broadcasting Corporation, "Israel's" largest transit bus company Egged, and the "Israel" Discount Bank.
On Monday, Israeli media reported that the Anonymous Sudan hacker group carried out a massive cyberattack against several Israeli occupation government websites.
Maariv reported that the Anonymous Sudan hacker group said on its Telegram account that it had taken down two central Israeli government websites through a denial-of-service attack.
"This attack is preparation for a major one," the Israeli newspaper cited the hacker group as saying.
In mid-April, Israeli media reported that the same group carried out dozens of cyberattacks against the Israeli occupation.
Maariv said Anonymous Sudan, which plays an active role in cyberattacks against "Israel", carried out dozens of cyberattacks against Israeli websites.
On its part, "Israel" Hayom reported that Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks disrupted a number of well-known Israeli websites.
According to the news website, the hackers said they accessed some remote servers of two small companies and two water monitoring systems and published a military map of the so-called "Kissufim" region.
The website highlighted that during the two days that witnessed the commemoration of International Al-Quds Day, about 60 cyberattacks were reported, including the downing and sabotaging of websites.
It also cited reports about cameras and water monitoring systems being hacked and databases of small sites being seized.
"Israel" Hayom also cited the American-Israeli cyber security company, Check Point, as saying that "the scale of the attacks and their severity are greater than in previous years, and in some cases, much more powerful tools were used than those seen in previous years."
In addition, Israeli media reported that the "Israel" Postal Company had been subjected to cyberattack attempts against its infrastructure, prompting the company to announce suspending part of its work systems in order to prevent similar attacks.
