Hackers claim to have targeted Israeli government websites

Hackers have reportedly attacked several Israeli government and media websites in recent weeks, amid Israel's bombing campaign and ground invasion of the besieged Gaza Strip.

A group calling itself Cyber Toufan claimed to have hacked Israel's defence ministry last week and subsequently dumped huge troves of data on its Telegram account, which it claimed were the names of Israeli army and reserve soldiers.

In a video released on its Telegram account, a hacker displayed data he claimed was of Israeli soldiers, including their names, ranks, service numbers and places of residence.

Middle East Eye could not independently verify the names in the leak and Israel's defence ministry did not respond to questions.

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