Israeli government websites down due to suspected cyberattack


This is the largest-ever cyberattack carried out against Israel, a defense establishment source says

Several Israeli government websites went down on Monday, prompting suspicions of a cyberattack. The websites of the Prime Minister’s Office, as well as several ministries, were inaccessible. Access to some of the websites has been restored.

A senior defense official reportedly told Haaretz that a cyberattack was carried out on Monday evening against government websites, hitting all websites using the .gov.il domain. The gov.il domain is used for all government websites except for defense-related ones.

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Source: i24 News