All government sites were hit today (Monday) in a DDoS (denial of service) cyber attack. The damaged sites include the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Welfare and the Prime Minister’s Office. According to data from the Internet Association, there was an unusual increase in traffic to the Glory system, through Cellcom. The bandwidth of the attack is about 15 to 20 GB.
The Ministry of Communications stated: Minister of Communications Yoaz Handel is currently conducting an assessment of the situation with the emergency services in the Ministry of Communications, following a widespread cyber attack on government websites. Operations have been carried out by the communications companies in order to return the service as soon as possible, and the service is gradually returning. The firm will continue to monitor until full rehearsal.
Minutes after the start of the incident, a Telegram account belonging to the Revolutionary Guards took responsibility for the attack, mentioning its cyber unit.
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In the defense system, situation-cutting discussions are held, in order to understand the scope of the incident and the damage. At present, the picture is still not entirely clear, and no further harm is known other than government websites. Security sites were not harmed.
The National Cyber Authority and the National Cyber Network stated: In recent 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 briefly denied. As of this hour all the sites are back for activity.