CYBERInsights: State Actors – The Israeli-Hamas Conflict Shows Cyber Warfare Is Now the New Normal
The Israeli-Hamas Conflict Shows Cyber Warfare Is Now the New Normal
Syndicated By: Iain Fraser Cybersecurity Journalist Gibraltar
Research By: Jeremiah Fowler
via IainFRASER.net/CyberInsights
The Israeli-Hamas Conflict Shows Cyber Warfare Is Now the New Normal
During the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine the hacktivist group Anonymous declared a cyber war against Russia. At the time, I conducted extensive research into the methods, tactics, and results of how a group of semi-unorganized non-governmental hacktivists were able to cause major havoc in Russia.
Their strategy included everything from hacking news outlets, home printers, and connected devices, to downloading a mind-boggling amount of Russian data belonging to companies and government agencies and then publicly releasing that data online. It was the first time the world saw a successful crowdsourced cyber war that could not be tracked back to any specific country or government. Learn More /…
About Jeremiah Fowler
Jeremiah Fowler is a Security Researcher and co-founder of Security Discovery. Jeremiah began his career in security research in 2015 and has a mission of data protection. He has helped identify and secure the data of millions of people around the world. His discoveries have been covered in Forbes, BBC, Gizmodo, among others. Security and responsible disclosure are not only a passion, but a way of protecting our digital lives. Learn More /…
