Reports of Possible Cyberattack in Palestine

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Reports of Possible Cyberattack in Palestine

By CircleID Reporter
November 03, 2011, 1:56 am PDT Views: 4,730 Add Comment

According to reports today, hackers have attacked Palestinian servers, cutting off phone and Internet service across the West Bank and Gaza. Foreign governments are accused to be behind the attack. “Since this morning all Palestinian IP addresses have come under attack from places across the world,” said the Palestinian communications minister today. Reneys reports these outages are the largest observed all year for this country, which normally has a fairly stable Internet.

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