The hacktivist group Anonymous is targeting Israeli government websites to include the one run by the Mossad, the national intelligence agency of Israel.
On Monday, the group took responsibility for bringing down several Israeli government sites, including that of the Mossad.
We are attacking the government of israel more Israel you're weak! :(
#Anonymous #AntiSec
— Anonymous (@AnonymousGlobo) August 4, 2014
According to the @AnonymousGlobo Twitter page: “[The] government of Israel have experienced a small fraction of our anger.”
The group also posted links to the sites they are targeting “including Mossad, the Israel Defense Forces, the Prime Minister’s Office, the Justice Department, and National Security Council among others – at least some of which appeared to be down at 8:30 a.m. ET Monday,” according to NBC News.
The #OpSaveGaza campaign started last month, but NBC reports,
posts about the action began to escalate late Sunday and continued with a slew on Monday – including the final message: “We’re back…” The group also posted a tribute to Tayyeb Shehadah, a 22-year-old protester who according to Palestine’s MAAN news agency was killed during demonstrations on the West Bank on Friday. Photographs circulated on Twitter showed Shehadah wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, the symbol of Anonymous.
LiveLeak reports that Anonymous was also successful in taking down the Mossad website last Friday and about ten days ago, and in a previous attack last Monday:
Anonymous knocked out multiple Israeli government sites after one of the organization’s members died in the West Bank over the weekend. 22-year-old Tayeb Abu Shehada was killed during a protest in the village of Huwwara in the West Bank after Israeli settlers and soldiers opened fire on demonstrators, reported Bethlehem-based Ma’an News Agency.
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