Israeli-Turkish Cyberwar Begins

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/147603

By Gavriel Queenann
Israel National News
9/6/2011

Amid the current diplomatic impasse between Ankara and Jerusalem, 
Turkish hackers hijacked some 350 Israeli websites on Sunday evening, 
launching a Domain Name System (DNS) attack on dozens of other websites 
as well.

Israeli IT analysts said Tuesday the DNS hijacking is likely to be, in 
fact, a "test-run" ahead of a major attack on Israeli domains.

Visitors to some of the sites were diverted to a page declaring it was 
“World Hackers Day."

At least seven high-profile websites outside Israel were also hijacked, 
including those of The Telegraph, Acer, National Geographic, UPS and 
Vodafone.

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