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Date: Fri Apr 05 2013 - 02:49:56 CDT

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/on-eve-of-attack-israel-preparing-for-the-cyber-worst/

By DAVID SHAMAH
The Times of Israel
April 5, 2013

Under the threat of what hackers swore would be “the largest Internet battle
in the history of mankind,” Israel has been preparing for the past week for
what many expect to be a massive attempt to swamp Israel’s Internet — bringing
websites to a crawl, or even bringing them down.

he attack is set for Sunday, April 7 — coincidentally, or perhaps not, the eve
of Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel. Computer system administrators and
security experts have been shoring up network defenses, changing passwords,
and ensuring that they have the Internet bandwidth to withstand an attack.

In their latest screed, the hackers behind the newest incarnation of
#OpIsrael, the ongoing attempt to “wipe Israel off the map of the Internet,”
appealed for unity in the hacker community, which needed to come together to
attack Israel. “We can’t be consumed by our petty differences any more,” said
the message, posted on hacker-friendly websites. “We will be united in our
common interest. We will once again be fighting for freedom.” In a theatrical
flourish (using a quote from the 1996 film “Independence Day,” which portrayed
mankind fighting off a Martian invasion), the hackers state: “’We will not go
quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to
live on, we’re going to survive.”

While the attacks are aimed at government, bank, academic, and business
websites (the hackers have published extensive lists of their targets),
ordinary Israelis should take precautions as well — just in case, said the
Israel Internet Association (ISOC), which is taking the threat so seriously
that it will be operating a hotline (03-9700911) for people to report attacks,
and will update its website throughout the day with status reports about what
is going on in cyberspace.

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