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The Times of Israel reported that the Anonymous Sudan group claimed responsibility for hacking the website of the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad.
The group said in a post on Telegram that “This attack is just a preparatory attack… for the big attack,” according to the Israeli news website.
It added that the Anonymous Sudan is also responsible for hacking the websites of a number of Israeli banks and institutions over the past month.
Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Bank Leumi, Discount Bank, Mizrahi-Tefahot, Bank Mercantile, Bank Benleumi (First International Bank of Israel) and its subsidiaries Bank Otzar Ha-hayal and Bank Massad.
In April the group said it had targeted the sites of the Hebrew University, the Weizmann Institute, Bar-Ilan University, Haifa University, Ben-Gurion University, the Technion Institute, the Open University, Ariel Settlement University, Reichman Institute, Tel Aviv University as well prominent cybersecurity company, Check Point.