Cyber attacks in the Israel-Hamas war

On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched attacks on Israeli cities and fired thousands of rockets toward populous locations in southern and central Israel, prompting air raid sirens and causing evacuations. Concurrently, multiple Israeli websites and mobile apps were targeted by pro-Palestinian hacktivist groups, exploiting vulnerabilities to send false alerts to civilians. Following these attacks, DDoS bombardment on Israeli newspaper and media websites increased, with Newspaper and Media websites accounting for 56% of all attacks. Additionally, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) companies were heavily targeted. In response, Cloudflare has been assisting in the protection of affected websites from DDoS attacks and recommends measures to improve defenses against such cyberattacks.