Pirates from various nationalities have come together to support Gaza in the cyberwar

Since October 7th, Israel has been facing a flood of various attacks on all fronts, including intense military assaults. Israel has also experienced multiple cyberattacks from hacker groups of various nationalities and countries that support the Palestinian cause.

During the recent turmoil, Israel has been targeted by hacker groups from different parts of the world, some of which claim to have inflicted painful blows on Israel. However, these claims have neither been confirmed nor denied by the Israeli government.

Here are some of the prominent groups that have announced their attacks against Israel's websites and applications:

"Anonymous Algeria" One of the most persistent groups attacking Israel is "Anonymous Algeria." This group gained notoriety during the recent turmoil for its clear support of the Palestinian cause. The group claimed to have breached several vital Israeli websites, and this was reported by "The Cyber Express."

One of their recent targets was the Israeli police website, where the group claimed to have acquired sensitive data, though they did not disclose the nature of the breached data. They shared an image of the compromised site on their Telegram and dark web accounts.

The group also confirmed that it had hacked an Israeli company, posting a message on their Telegram account stating that they had breached the mentioned site in response to Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. They vowed to carry out more hacking operations in support of the Palestinian cause.

"AnonGhost" According to "Cyber News," a cyber security group supporting Palestine called "AnonGhost" exploited a vulnerability in the "Red Alert: Israel" application. This app alerts Israelis about missile launches.

This vulnerability allowed them to manipulate requests, expose servers, and application programming interfaces, and send fake alerts to some app users. The "AnonGhost" group claimed to have attacked other applications that alert settlers about missile launches.

Following the first attack on the application, which was later removed from the Google Play Store, "AnonGhost" announced that it was behind the attack on the missile alerts application, which had over a million downloads on Google Play.

In other cyberattacks, unknown hackers breached two advertising billboards in Tel Aviv, removing commercial advertisements and broadcasting videos supporting Hamas with anti-Israel slogans. This continued for about 5 minutes, showing scenes of burning the Israeli flag and the intense bombing witnessed in the Gaza Strip, according to eyewitnesses.

Joel Messing of Check Point Software Technologies, a cybersecurity company, stated that the most significant cyberattack against Israel was the attack on Ono Academic College on Monday. An Jordanian group claimed responsibility for the attack, where they exposed the data of 250,000 records of employees, students, and former students, forcing the college to shut down its systems.

In general, over 40 groups supporting the Palestinian cause participate in the cyberwar against Israel, with most of their attacks being in the form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and not directly targeting the infrastructure.

Amid the escalation of cyberattacks by hacker groups and the silence of Israeli organizations, rumors, theories, and questions regarding the validity of the breaches have increased, emphasizing the lack of any official statements on this matter.