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DDoS distributed denial of service attack

Illustrative: A man looks at a video on an Israeli website that was hacked overnight by Iran-based hackers group calling itself "Hacking Saviours", at an office in Jerusalem on May 21, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 19, 2026, 5:45 pm
Israel ranks 1st among countries targeted by geopolitical cyberattacks in 2025 — report
Israel faced 1,881 cyberattacks, mostly from pro-Iranian and anti-Israel groups, followed by the US and Ukraine, Radware’s Global Cyber Threat report shows
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative. A computer hacker. (Peshkov/ iStock)
February 27, 2025, 11:48 pm
Israel ranks second in list of countries targeted by cyberattacks in 2024 — report
Israel was the target of 1,550 cyberattacks, mostly from pro-Palestinian groups, though Ukraine takes top spot with 2,052 attacks, Radware reports
By Sharon Wrobel
Israelis shop at a Rami Levy supermarket in Modiin on July 21, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
November 10, 2024, 4:11 pm
DDoS cyberattack temporarily blocks Israeli credit card payments
Two weeks after similar assault, clearing company Hyp says it was subject to cyberattack that affected some of its systems; Iran-linked hacker group reportedly claims responsibility
By ToI Staff
A screenshot shared by Channel 12 news of an apparent hack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Facebook page, April 26, 2023. (Screenshot used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 26, 2023, 10:09 pm
Hacking group continues to target Israeli websites; PM’s Facebook briefly taken over
Anonymous Sudan says it is attacking Israel over its ‘celebration of the occupation of Palestine’
By ToI Staff
View of the Haifa port on July 31, 2022. The oil tanks can be seen in the foreground. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
April 26, 2023, 12:25 pm
Websites of Israeli port hacked; Sudanese group said to claim responsibility
‘Anonymous Sudan’ said to target Haifa site and Israel Ports Development & Assets Company with DDoS denial of service assault
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of hacking, hackers, ransomware and a cybersecurity attack. (solarseven; iStock by Getty Images)
April 21, 2022, 1:13 am
Airports Authority website targeted by pro-Iranian hackers in suspected cyberattack
Authority says site back online with no damages to operational systems after DDoS attack; group based in Iraq says offensive meant to coincide with anniversary of Soleimani killing
By ToI Staff
Screenshot of Israeli government website cyber.gov.il unavailable during an apparent cyberattack on March 14, 2022, overlaid with an illustrative image of computer code. (Screenshot; solarseven; iStock by Getty Images)
March 14, 2022, 10:13 pm
Israeli government websites crash after ‘massive’ cyberattack, officials say
Users unable to reach sites with gov.il extension for an hour, as National Cyber Directorate reportedly declares state of emergency over incident
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: A hacker at work. (supershabashnyi, iStock by Getty Images)
September 8, 2019, 8:26 am
Parts of Wikipedia offline after ‘malicious’ attack
Wikimedia Foundation says assault that shut down its servers by swamping them with false demands threatened ‘fundamental rights to freely access and share information’
By AFP
Police tape strung across an intersection behind the scene of a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, August 3, 2019 (AP Photo/Rudy Gutierrez)
August 5, 2019, 12:31 pm
Security firm ends services for ‘cesspool of hate’ 8chan after El Paso massacre
Gunman had posted racist ‘manifesto’ to message board; Cloudflare head says site’s ‘lawlessness has caused multiple tragic deaths’
By AFP
Illustrative: A man typing on a computer keyboard, January 24, 2017. (Flash90)
August 31, 2017, 11:25 pm
Israeli-British man in court for cyber-attack on UK banks
Daniel Kaye was extradited from Germany, where he had received a suspended sentence for similar crimes
By AFP
Light bulbs (Lysmand / Wikipedia)
November 4, 2016, 10:22 am
Israeli hackers show light bulbs can take down the internet
Weizmann Institute researchers use airborne drone to take control of nearby office devices, demonstrate vulnerability of the ‘Internet of Things’
By Gavin Rabinowitz
Illustrative: Browsing on a phone (Frank Franklin II/AP)
October 21, 2016, 9:26 pm
Ongoing cyber attack hits Twitter, Amazon, other websites
Internet service company Dyn, which routes and manages internet traffic, says it is undergoing a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
By Douglas Gillison
People gather to observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Brussels airport and metro bombings, on the Place de la Bourse in central Brussels, on March 23, 2016, a day after the triple blasts killed some 30 people and left around 250 injured. (AFP/Belga/AURORE BELOT)
March 27, 2016, 6:35 pm
IS said to aim cyber ‘second strike’ against terror targets
Terrorists who strike European countries often follow attacks with mass hacking, according to Israeli cyber-security firm
By David Shamah
BBC TV logo
December 31, 2015, 10:04 pm
Hacker attack downs BBC website for hours
BBC press office blamed the problem on a ‘technical issue’
By AFP
An IDF C4I Corps soldier monitors for hacker activity (Photo credit: Courtesy)
August 13, 2015, 6:41 pm
Official: Iran, Hamas conduct cyber-attacks against Israel
The IDF is reorganizing its cyber-defense system to meet a slew of unprecedented challenges
By David Shamah
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