Hacker attacks on websites are now commonplace with thousands of attacks reported daily (and many more that go unreported). Israel has also not been spared attacks by ambitious or bored hackers, although in comparison with other countries, these have not reached epidemic proportions.
Last month, a group of Muslim hackers broke into the Bank of Israel site and forced it to shut down for four days. There has been a relatively high number of attacks on Israeli sites over the past two days. One of the sites affected was that of Africa-Israel Investments Ltd. (TASE:AFIL; Pink Sheets:AFIVY.PK), on which the text on the home page was defaced and notices reporting the break-in inserted on various pages. The Africa-Israel site is now operating normally.
Other web sites came under attack from a group calling itself "Terrorist Crew." The break-ins reached a peak yesterday, when the hackers managed to insert break-in notices on 30 sites within a short space of time. All the sites were built and are maintained by CDTech.
The attacks are not criminal in nature, meaning that they are not intended to steal money or information, but mainly to embarrass the owners of the sites.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 20, 2008
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