A hacker group evidently protesting Israeli policies is
planning a new round of cyberattacks on Israeli websites – scheduled for
Wednesday, September 11.
The group, AnonGhost, has released a list of Israeli online
targets, including numerous government websites, on Internet forums used by the
Anonymous Collective.
In allusion to previous such cyberattacks, the operation is
titled OpIsrael Reborn. Ahead of the attack, the group released 165,000
listings of names, addresses, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of Israelis
early on Monday. The information was likely obtained by hacking into an Israeli
Web hosting site. It is yet unclear how updated this data is, or how many of
the listings repeat themselves.
The group has called on members to vandalize Israeli
websites or cause traffic that would prevent access to these sites. Both attack
methods use automatic tools that do not require any programming skills.
AnonGhost's most recent known effort to initiate a
cyberattack against Israeli sites took place in April, on Holocaust Remembrance
Day.
"You have not stopped your endless human rights
violations," the Anonymous-affiliated organizers said in a post addressed
to Israel's government at the time. "You have not stopped illegal
settlements. You have not respected the cease-fire [ending Operation Pillar of
Defense in November]. You have shown that you do not respect international
law."
Shlomo Eisenberg, head of cyber intelligence at Cyuberlnt, a
security company, has said that AnonGhost's April attempt was unsuccessful.
"AnonGhost's high media presence attracts 'Script
Kiddies' – youths who use automatic tools to attack; but these may be joined by
programmers with better skills," he added.
As in former attempts, Israelis are advised to strengthen
their password and refrain from using generic pins such as 123456, as well as
using the same password for different sites.
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