Hundreds of hackers including Bangladeshi hacktivists are active in Israel-Hamas war
Like three dimensional conventional wars, hundreds of hacker groups are involved in the Israeli-Palestinian cyber war. 97 groups are more active in the war. Among the pro-Israeli hacker groups engaged in cyber warfare, there are GonjeshkeDarande, Indian Cyber Force and the UCC team. On the other hand, hackers active for Palestine include Killnet, Anonymous Sudan, Anonymous Russia, and the Mysterious Team Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, 700 percent of activist hackers support Palestine in the Israel-Hamas war. And of the rest, 20 percent are pro-Israel and 3 percent are neutral.
Hacktivist groups say, they are targeting Israeli targets online amid the war in Israel and Gaza, targeting websites such as the Jerusalem Post.
On the other hand, since the attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas and the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in response, social media has seen a trend of unedited images and videos of the conflict alongside unedited images of the violence.
EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Tuesday asked Elon Musk to remove misinformation from X. In addition, he warned against using social media to spread illegal content and misinformation about the recent violence in the Middle East.
Breton issued the same warning to Meta chief Zuckerberg on Wednesday. According to him, the company must comply with European laws.
In the letter sent to Musk and Zuckerberg, Breton also said they will have 24 hours to tell the EU how their companies will prevent such harmful content.
In addition, the EU's executive branch, the European Commission, has reminded all social media companies of their legal obligations to prevent harmful content about Hamas.
Cyber intelligence firm Recorded Futures said both pre-established and new (hacktivist) groups claim “dozens of these cyberattacks fall victim every day”.
Alex Leslie, a threat intelligence analyst at security firm Recorded Future, said he and his colleagues have so far identified three subsets of activity within the digital pandemonium of the Israel-Hamas war. Most digital attacks seem to emerge from the broader context of similar activities adjacent to pre-existing groups or other conflicts. The field is international, but limited to existing ideological blocs within hacktivism”.
The number of Israeli hacker groups supporting Israel currently stands at 20, according to the FalconFeed threat intelligence service. And the number of Palestinian hacker groups has more than doubled at any time.
