The message from Deputy Foreign Minister Dany Ayalon came after a self-defined "Saudi hacker" from a cabal known as "group-xp" published details of more than 6,000 Israeli credit cards online that "The
US has announced that any attack on its cybernetic space would be
considered a declaration of war and that it would go as far as firing
missiles to respond to such an attack. This is a good criterion for us
all".
Israel said that it will respond
to cyber-attacks in the same way it responds to violent terrorist acts,
by striking back with force against hackers who threaten the Jewish
state. Almost immediately after an
Israeli computer expert declared the hacker's true identity to be
19-year-old Mexican waiter Omar Habib, the Israeli website Ynet claimed
the real hacker contacted them via email to mock the false
identification.
“If a
stupid student thinks he can find me (within) 8 hours of work, what
will Mossad do? But I'm still here and no one can find me, make sure, no
worries,” said by Saudi hacker 0xOmar of “group-XP”. "It
is necessary to send a message to everyone who attacks or tries to
attack Israel, including in cyberspace, that they are putting themselves
in danger and that they will not benefit from any immunity against
reprisal actions from Israel" Ayalon said.
After examining the details, Israel's major credit card companies said only 14,000 valid cards had been exposed.
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