Informational dimension of the war in Palestine

The Palestinian-Israeli War, which has been in advancement since 7 October, is besides in the infosphere. According to the Indian company FalconFeeds cybersecurity, about 90 hacker groups are presently supporting the Palestinian side and twenty-three Israeli sides, The most common forms of attack are the distributed denial of service (distrubuted denial of service, DDoS).

On the night of October 8, the network traffic on the Israeli side increased 3 times, on the Palestinian side twice. The "Jerusalem Post" website was unavailable for respective days due to cyber attacks. More than 1 100 pages of Israel have failed or changed their content.

Among those attacked were the Israeli Red Alert app, informing its users in real time about the threat of rocket strikes. AnonGhost's hacker group was expected to usage the app to spread false information about incoming atomic bombs.

To avoid cyber attacks, many Israeli companies have restricted access to their websites. Israel electrical Corp. website is not available to nipponese users, only Israeli users can access it.

Among the attackers on the Israeli side are the Killnet Groups and Anonymous Sudan, which have so far attacked the IT systems of Ukraine and the countries supporting it. On the Israeli side, the Indian Cyber Force hacker group was involved. In consequence to the attacks, the IT systems of India and Japan were besides targeted. According to the Yankee Recorded Future Group, the Palestinian side is besides expected to usage Iran's telecommunications applications.

According to NikkeiAsia, the Palestinian-Israeli War may have a negative impact on the predictability of the global marketplace for fresh technologies, as Israel has become the starting point for cybersecurity and artificial intelligence in fresh years. Among the 360,000 reservists appointed by Israel were many specialists in the field of modern technologies, which will affect the shortage of staff in the sector.

According to Mihoko Matsubara liable for cybersecurity strategies in the current since 2002, besides in the Israeli marketplace of the nipponese NTT Communications Corporation, the escalation of the conflict may lead to long-term disruptions in critical infrastructure operation and adversely affect economies in various countries of the world.

In the mediate East, specified attacks had already been known before; in 2010, Israeli atomic installations were attacked jointly by Israel and the United States National safety Agency Stuxnet virus; in April 2020, Iran most likely attacked information systems controlling water distribution in Israel; in response, in May of the same year, most likely Israel attacked IT systems controlling the work of the Iranian port Shahid Rajaee.

In all of these cases, the parties which were alleged perpetrators denied their involvement, indicating an additional challenge in relation to the conflicts in the infosphere, which is the problem with identifying the perpetrator of the attack.

Ronald Lasecki