Billboards in Israel were briefly hacked to display pro-Hamas messages as cyberwar ramps up
Publishing timestamp: 2023-10-12 20:08:56
Summary
Cybersecurity threats in Israel have increased during the Israel-Hamas war, including the hijacking of smart billboards to display pro-Hamas content and a cyberattack on a college that resulted in the publication of personal records. The threats mainly involve website defacement and DDoS attacks, but there are also threats against critical infrastructure. The largest cyberattack involved a college near Tel Aviv, which had to take its systems offline.
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