Special to WorldTribune.com

TEL AVIV — Israel has come under the biggest cyber attack in its
history.

Israel’s military and intelligence community have been shut down by a
cyber attack. On Nov. 6, the Web sites of the Israel Defense Forces, Israel
Security Agency and the Mossad were hacked by suspected pro-Palestinian
activists.

“Due to a systematic malfunction of the [government] servers, some of
the government Web sites and services have not been accessible in the last
few hours.” Carmela Avner, director of the Israeli government Web site
system, said.

“This is a technical problem that is being handled by all
relevant means and all resources are being used to fix the problem.”

Officials said the government and military were investigating the
shutdown. They said the apparent attack came two days after pro-Palestinian
activists threatened to hack government and military Web sites in retaliation
of an Israel Navy interception of two Western ships destined for the Gaza
Strip.

“If you continue blocking humanitarian vessels to Gaza or repeat the
dreadful actions of May 31st 2010 against any Gaza Freedom Flotillas then
you will leave us no choice but to strike back,” a video by a hackers group
called Anonymous said.

Earlier, Internet service in the Palestinian Authority was brought down
by anonymous hackers. PA officials said Israeli supporters were suspected.

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