Although there are fewer DDoS attacks worldwide of significant impact to report for July overall, we see that DDoS attacks in the government are still a threat. On July 17th, the Israeli Health Ministry reported that users from abroad could not log in to their services. Pro-Iranian hacker group Al-Tahir claimed responsibility for the attack, as well as additional DDoS attacks on the
In April, the same group also claimed responsibility for DDoS attacks on the Israeli Airports Authority website.
Warning that more attacks are being planned in the near future.
These attacks emphasize that ideology and cyber warfare remain prime motivations for attackers to launch DDoS attacks on this sector.
Here is the list of recent DDoS attacks that took place worldwide during the month of July 2022:
Country: Israel
Downtime: NA
Company Affected: Israel Health Ministry
Size of Company: NA
Attack Details: Health Ministry website down after Iranian cyberattack.
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Country: USA
Downtime: NA
Company Affected: US Congress
Size of Company: Government
Attack Details: U.S. Congress’ web domain was hit with a DDoS attack by the pro-Russian Killnet hacking operation, resulting in a temporary disruption.
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Country: Lithuania
Downtime: NA
Company Affected: Ignitis Group
Size of Company: Enterprise
Attack Details: Strong DDoS attacks caused disruptions to the operation of group websites and the availability of electronic services.
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