Israel

Pro-Iranian hackers have temporarily hacked the website of the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post and the Twitter account of the newspaper Maariv.   Instead of news, an image was shown of the Israeli nuclear reactor in the desert city of Dimona being detonated by a rocket. The missile is fired from a fist clenched hand, wearing a signature ring that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani also wore. He was killed exactly one year ago in a US drone strike. "We are close to you where you don't think about it", reads in English and Hebrew ("We are close to you where you don't think about it"). In the meantime, the website and the Twitter account have been taken over by the newspapers again. It is unclear whether the hackers were operating from Iran or another country, writes the Jerusalem Pos...

Many Israeli websites are today affected by a major cyber attack. The authorities announced this. Many sites featured images of the city of Tel Aviv on fire.   It is unclear how many sites have been hacked, but several Israeli media speak about a thousand. The affected pages also included the phrase "The countdown to the destruction of Israel began long ago." Particularly private companies that use a particular operating system have fallen victim. The eventual damage was found to be "superficial," authorities said. The cyberattack has been claimed by a group calling themselves Hackers of Savior (Hackers of the Savior). Details have not been disclosed. The sites were hit a day before Jerusalem Day, a national holiday in Israel. Then it is celebrated that East Jerusalem fell into ...