MCAD Maritime Cyber Attack Database
Year2023 |
MonthApril |
Reference number20230402 |
Impact areaShore |
Incident locationHaifa |
Incident countryIsrael |
Victim countryIsrael |
Victim identityPort of Haifa, Israel Ports Development & Assets Company |
Victim TypePort |
MethodDDoS |
Attacker countrySudan |
In April 2023 a Sudanese hacker group claimed to bring down the internet sites of two Israeli ports on Wednesday as the Jewish State celebrated its Independence Day, the Ynet website reported. A group of hackers that goes by “Anonymous Sudan,” which has claimed other recent online assaults on Israeli sites, said it targeted the Haifa Port website and that of the Israel Ports Development & Assets Company, which manages Israel’s ports.
