Hacktivist group Anonymous, along with numerous other hackers, is planning a massive cyber-attack on Israel, threatening to “erase” the country from Internet. Israel is apparently taking the threats seriously, with defensive preparations underway.

“Hacktivists Starting Cyber Attack against Israel on 7th of April,” Anonymous wrote on Twitter, calling on hackers around the world to join up for a second ‘OpIsrael.’

Israeli government agencies are reportedly readying for the attack: “It’s something being organized online over the past few days. What distinguishes this plan when compared to previous attacks is that it really seems to be organized by Anonymous-affiliated groups from around the world in what looks like a joining of forces,” Ofir Ben Avi, director of online group Accessible Government told Haaretz.

The first ‘OpIsrael’ cyber-attacks were launched by the hacktivist group during Israeli’s ‘Pillar of Defense’ assault on Gaza in November 2012.

“We are Anonymous. We are legion. We will not forgive. We will not forget. Israel, it is too late to expect us,” their message to Israeli authorities read.

Some 700 Israeli website suffered repeated cyber-attacks, including high-profile government systems such as the Foreign Ministry, and the Israeli President's official website. The Israeli Finance Ministry reported an estimated 44 million unique attacks on government websites.

Following ‘OpIsrael,’ Anonymous posted the online personal data of 5,000 Israeli officials, including names, ID numbers and personal emails.

Anonymous was also involved in an attack in which the details of some 600,000 users of the popular Israeli email service Walla were exposed online.
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Situs Pos Hacker dan situs-situs lainnya menyebutkan para ‘Anonymous’ yang merupakan sekumpulan hacker dilaporkan akan meluncurkan serangan terkoordinasi terhadap sasaran mereka Israel, 7 April. Penyelenggara serangan mengancam untuk “menghapus Israel dari Internet”.

Serangan terpadu ini mereka namai #opisrael, operasi yang diluncurkan selama Operion Pillar of Deffense ada.

The OpIsrael pertama dilakukan Anonymous pada bulan November 2012 ketika Israel melakukan serangan 8 hari kepada Gaza. Sekitar 700 website zionis menghadapi berbagai serangan cyber berulang, termasuk sistem-sistem kelas tinggi rezim seperti kementerian luar negeri dan situs resmi presiden Israel.

Direktur sistem online pemerintah Israel Ofir Ben Avi mengatakan stafnya menyadari serangan yang sedang direncanakan tersebut. Dirinya mengatakan hal ini sudah terorganisir sejak beberapa hari terakhir. Pembeda antara serangan kali ini dengan serangan sebelumnya adalah kali ini benar-benar diselenggarakan oleh kelompok Anonymous atau kelompok yang berafiliasi dari seluruh dunia untuk membentuk kekuatan penuh.

Berikut ini beberapa tim hacker yang dilaporkan akan ikut menyerang website Israel adalah AnonGhost, Mauritania HaCker Team, Ajax Team, the Muslim Liberation Army, Moroccan Hackerz, Gaza Hacker Team, Gaza Security Team, Anonymous Syria, ZHC, The Hacker Army, X-BLACKERZ INC, Devil Zone Team, Moroccan Hackers dan Algerian Hackers

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