“Hacktivists Starting Cyber Attack against Israel on 7th ofApril,” Anonymous wrote on Twitter, calling on hackers aroundthe world to join up for a second ‘OpIsrael.’
Israeli government agencies are reportedly readying for theattack: “It’s something being organized online over the past fewdays. What distinguishes this plan when compared to previousattacks is that it really seems to be organized byAnonymous-affiliated groups from around the world in what lookslike a joining of forces,” Ofir Ben Avi, director of onlinegroup Accessible Government told Haaretz.
The first ‘OpIsrael’ cyber-attacks were launched by thehacktivist group during Israeli’s ‘Pillar of Defense’ assault onGaza in November 2012.
“We are Anonymous. We are legion. We will not forgive. Wewill not forget. Israel, it is too late to expect us,” theirmessage to Israeli authorities read.
Some 700 Israeli website suffered repeated cyber-attacks, includinghigh-profile government systems such as the Foreign Ministry, andthe Israeli President's official website. The Israeli FinanceMinistry reported an estimated 44 million unique attacks on government websites.
Following ‘OpIsrael,’ Anonymous posted the online personal dataof 5,000 Israeli officials, including names, ID numbers andpersonal emails.
Anonymous was also involved in an attack in which the details ofsome 600,000 users of the popular Israeli email service Walla wereexposed online.
