{ "id": "c4088342-5445-45b0-8966-598190e5a79f", "created_at": "2026-04-06T00:09:24.704111Z", "updated_at": "2026-04-10T03:34:45.484101Z", "deleted_at": null, "sha1_hash": "5ea265c8b8771ce422a314a2894bed46d750051d", "title": "Cyberattack on Health Ministry website blocks overseas access", "llm_title": "", "authors": "", "file_creation_date": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "file_modification_date": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "file_size": 227650, "plain_text": "Cyberattack on Health Ministry website blocks overseas access\r\nBy By ToI Staff 17 July 2022, 11:44 pm\r\nArchived: 2026-04-05 15:57:12 UTC\r\nPro-Iranian group Altahrea Team purportedly claims responsibility for incident,\r\nsays assault prompted by weekend IDF strikes in Gaza Strip, Israeli support of\r\nsanctions on Iran\r\nA cyberattack disrupted access to the Health Ministry website to users from abroad, the ministry said Sunday.\r\nThough the site was still functioning for local Israelis, those trying enter from outside the country were unable to\r\ndo so intermittently, the ministry said in a statement.\r\nIt said the matter was being dealt with by the ministry and the e-Government unit, a state organization reasonable\r\nfor maintaining internet services for government websites.\r\nThe Health Ministry website offers English-language information on a range of subjects including health rules for\r\nvisiting Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic.\r\nA group of pro-Iranian hackers based in Iraq and calling itself Altahrea Team claimed responsibility for the\r\nassault, according to Hebrew media reports.\r\nGet The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories\r\nBy signing up, you agree to the terms\r\nOn its Telegram channel, the group reportedly wrote that the attack was carried out in response to the bombing of\r\nthe Gaza Strip over the weekend and a list of other ills.\r\nhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/cyberattack-on-health-ministry-website-blocks-overseas-access/\r\nPage 1 of 3\n\nIllustrative: A cybersecurity expert stands in front of a map of Iran as he speaks to journalists about\r\nthe techniques of Iranian hacking, on September 20, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.\r\n(AP/Kamran Jebreili)\r\nThe group’s purported grievances included sanctions on Iran that the hackers claimed are killing thousands by\r\nblocking the arrival of medicines and COVID-19 vaccines, and also support for Ukraine in its battle against\r\ninvader Russia.\r\n“Now you are in our sights,” the group wrote.\r\nIsrael hit the Gaza Strip twice over the weekend in response to rocket fire at Israel communities from the\r\nPalestinian enclave.\r\nLast week, Altahrea Team claimed it had attacked the Jerusalem municipality website on Thursday and also that of\r\nthe Rafael defense company. It also claimed a Monday attack on the Tel Aviv municipality website.\r\nThough the Health Ministry provided no details of the nature of the incident, last week’s attacks were all\r\nDistributed Denial of Service (DDoS) in which website servers were overwhelmed by near-simultaneous requests\r\nto connect. That type of assault does not enable data theft.\r\nThe Israel Internet Association said in a statement that countering DDoS attacks involves temporarily blocking\r\nserver requests from abroad which is likely the reason that the Health Ministry site was only available to users\r\ninside Israel.\r\nIn April, Altahrea Team took responsibility for an online assault that temporarily took down the Israel Airports\r\nAuthority.\r\nAccording to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the group has in the past also attacked sites in Turkey\r\nand Saudi Arabia.\r\nhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/cyberattack-on-health-ministry-website-blocks-overseas-access/\r\nPage 2 of 3\n\nNumerous suspected Iranian cyberattacks on Israel were reported in recent years, including one that targeted its\r\nwater infrastructure in 2020.\r\nIs our live war coverage important to you?\r\nAre you relying on The Times of Israel for accurate and timely coverage of the Iran war right now? 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Sign in to stop seeing this\r\nIf you’d like to comment, join\r\nThe Times of Israel Community.\r\nSource: https://www.timesofisrael.com/cyberattack-on-health-ministry-website-blocks-overseas-access/\r\nhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/cyberattack-on-health-ministry-website-blocks-overseas-access/\r\nPage 3 of 3", "extraction_quality": 1, "language": "EN", "sources": [ "MISPGALAXY", "Malpedia" ], "references": [ "https://www.timesofisrael.com/cyberattack-on-health-ministry-website-blocks-overseas-access/" ], "report_names": [ "cyberattack-on-health-ministry-website-blocks-overseas-access" ], "threat_actors": [ { "id": "f07ed87c-33ca-44a8-a362-7d5ea193aa7b", "created_at": "2023-11-08T02:00:07.123499Z", "updated_at": "2026-04-10T02:00:03.419917Z", "deleted_at": null, "main_name": "Altahrea Team", "aliases": [], "source_name": "MISPGALAXY:Altahrea Team", "tools": [], "source_id": "MISPGALAXY", "reports": null } ], "ts_created_at": 1775434164, "ts_updated_at": 1775792085, "ts_creation_date": 0, "ts_modification_date": 0, "files": { "pdf": "https://archive.orkl.eu/5ea265c8b8771ce422a314a2894bed46d750051d.pdf", "text": "https://archive.orkl.eu/5ea265c8b8771ce422a314a2894bed46d750051d.txt", "img": "https://archive.orkl.eu/5ea265c8b8771ce422a314a2894bed46d750051d.jpg" } }