A number of Israeli government websites went down on Monday in an apparent cyberattack. The Israeli cyber authority confirmed the attack was a DDos (Digital-denial of service) attack that had blocked access to government websites, and that all websites were back online.
The websites of the interior, health, justice and welfare ministries had been taken offline, as was that of the Prime Minister’s Office.
Earlier on Monday, a senior defense official confirmed to Haaretz that a massive cyberattack was carried out Monday evening against Israeli government websites, and cybersecurity industry sources said that the operation was a wide-scale distributed denial of service (DDos) attack.
A defense establishment source claims that this was the largest-ever cyberattack carried out against Israel. They believe that a state actor or large organization carried out the attack, but cannot yet determine who is behind it. read
What would you do if your cellphone and internet stopped working tomorrow? pic.twitter.com/rEhahOomK6
— Ōverline (@overlinenetwork) March 14, 2022
ℹ️ Note: Initial reports of an official state of emergency in response to the cyber incident, published by many Israeli and international news outlets, has been contested. There remains no official statement on the matter h/t @KimZetterhttps://t.co/PR1N1k8cNG
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) March 14, 2022
⚠️ Confirmed: A significant disruption has been registered on multiple networks supplied by #Israel's leading providers Bezeq and Cellcom as the country's defense authorities and National Cyber Directorate declare a state of emergency 📉 pic.twitter.com/lcPyeLvPor
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) March 14, 2022
ℹ️ Update: The #Israel Government Network (Tehila Project, AS8867) which hosts several gov·il website domains has become unreachable internationally. Users within the country remain able to access the platforms.
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) March 14, 2022
📰 Further Reading: https://t.co/zgeodgMzk1 pic.twitter.com/YAHSf63Wun
— mono 🏴 (@mono_toy) March 14, 2022
To be clear, government websites are back online.
— Moshe Kwiat – موسى كويات – משה קוויאט (@mokwi8) March 14, 2022