The Israeli government is looking into a suspected cyberattack that crashed several of its websites on Monday.
The apparent cyberattack targeted a number of websites with gov.il extensions, according to Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, which declared a state of emergency to study the extent of the damage with the sites for the Interior, Health, Justice, and Welfare ministries that were among those that crashed, as reported by Haaretz, an Israeli news source.
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“In the last few hours, a denial of service attack on a communications provider has been identified, as a result of which, access to a number of sites, including government sites, was temporarily denied,” the Israeli government wrote on Twitter. The message also said the websites are working again, though they appeared to be pulling up slowly when the Washington Examiner gave it a try.
מרשות התקשוב ומערך הסייבר הלאומי נמסר:
בשעות האחרונות זוהתה מתקפת מניעת שירות על ספקית תקשורת אשר כתוצאה ממנה, נמנעה לזמן קצר הגישה למספר אתרים, ביניהם אתרי ממשלה.
נכון לשעה זו כלל האתרים שבו לפעילות.— gov.il (@Israelgov) March 14, 2022
The cyberattack is the largest of its kind carried out against Israel, a defense establishment source told Haaretz.
NetBlocks, an organization that monitors cybersecurity, reported a “significant disruption” on several of Israel’s leading network providers in a post on Twitter.
⚠️ 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
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The cyberattack prompted Israeli officials, including Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel, to convene Monday night local time, according to the Times of Israel.
A cause or culprit behind the suspected cyberattack has not been reported.
