[IsraelTimes] Israeli security agencies are on alert over the potential for cyber-attacks by Anonymous on Thursday, after the hacker group previously targeted the Jewish state each April 7.
The attacks in solidarity with the Paleostinians have in the past succeeded in blocking government sites, including for the ministries of defense and foreign affairs.
"We are prepared for all forms of aggression," an official from the Shin Bet domestic security agency tells AFP. "Israel is well-protected."
In the past Israeli governmental and company sites have been shut down; sites have been hijacked to display photos and videos from Anonymous; and data has been pirated and made public, says Meni Barzilai from the University of Tel Aviv’s cyber research center.
Dozens of experts from both the private and public sectors as well as hackers are to gather Thursday in Tel Aviv to monitor potential attacks and offer help to companies and institutions targeted. |