Israel came under a massive cyberattack on Monday. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)’s cyber army is suspected of being behind the attack. The government website along with the websites of the interior, health, justice and welfare ministries went down earlier today.
The Israeli defense establishment claims that the attack hit all websites using the “.GOV.IL” domain, except for those belonging to the defense establishment.
The Iran International Twitter page reported.
The Israeli government’s website is currently down in a suspected cyberattack by IRGC’s cyber army, according to
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The websites of the interior, health, justice and welfare ministries are also down, as is that of Israeli PM’s Office. A senior defense official confirmed to Haaretz that a massive cyberattack was carried out Monday evening against Israeli government websites.
The Israeli defense establishment claims that the attack hit all websites using the .GOV.IL domain, save for those belonging to the defense establishment, according to Haaretz.
has reported a “significant disruption” on “multiple networks supplied by #Israel's leading providers Bezeq and Cellcom as the country's defense authorities and National Cyber Directorate declare a state of emergency.”
Israeli government websites crash after ‘massive’ cyberattack, officials say
Israeli government websites were downed for over an hour due to a major cyberattack on Monday evening, officials said.
Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel held an assessment with officials due to the “broad cyberattack” on government websites, a statement from his office said.
Users attempting to enter sites with gov.il extensions were unable to for at least an hour, before the sites slowly began to come back online.
“Operations have been carried out by communications companies in order to return the service as soon as possible, and the service is gradually returning,” the Communications Ministry said.
“The ministry will continue to monitor [the situation] until full restoration,” it added.
Internet-access advocacy group NetBlocks tweeted that a “significant disruption has been registered on multiple networks supplied by Israel’s leading [internet] providers,” with a graph showing connectivity interruption.
According to assessments, the Israeli sites were taken down via a denial-of-service attack, which bombards websites with junk traffic to render them unreachable, though this remained unconfirmed.
Israeli officials did not immediately say who was behind the attack, but some media reports were quick to point the finger at Iran.
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