ADL Warns of Antisemitic Hackers’ Plan of Cyber Attacks on Jewish Institutions
International hackers are setting their sights on Jewish and Israeli targets as part of what has become an annual anti-Israel cyber-attack campaign.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which is tracking cyber campaigns against Jewish and Israeli targets around the world, issued a security advisory this week to Jewish institutions in the U.S. about the potential for coordinated hacking attacks as part of this campaign.
According to ADL’s Center on Extremism, there are two significant elements to this year’s now annual campaign – the leadership of a pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic group in the effort, and the targeting of individuals on their mobile devices.
“In the past three years, anti-Israel hackers participating in this campaign have targeted Israeli sites with limited success, but they are now widening their attacks to target individual Israelis with threatening anti-Semitic rhetoric,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. “Israel and Jewish communities worldwide should be on alert, as digital terrorism takes many forms and hackers are getting more sophisticated.”
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