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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/14339/full/14339/israel-government-web-sites-virtually-under-cyber-attack/ <br /><br /> <b>Israel government Web sites virtually under cyber-attack</b> <br /> Friday, October 27, 2000 | by <p>JERUSALEM (JPS)—The current violence has spread into cyberspace, and the newest target by Arabs is Israel’s virtual governmen </p> <br /><br /><p>Other than being off-line for several hours, the site was undamaged, he said, noting that the Ministry, realizing it could be targeted, had taken security precautions, such as installing a firewall.<br /><br /> Still, the ministry "views with gravity the fact that the site was not accessible to those who wanted to visit," Noy said. "This technique…is an unacceptable act of virtual terrorism."<br /><br /> An Israel Defense Force spokesman said that the army's site showed no evidence of being attacked, despite connection problems stemming from line overload.<br /><br /> NetVision's security experts, tracked the hackers to U.S. and European university servers, but are not certain that the attacks originated there, a statement said.<br /><br /> Retaliation has been swift. Unnamed hackers have broken into the Hezbollah Web site, <a href="http://www.hizballa.org">http://www.hizballa.org</a>, and replaced its home page with an image of an Israeli flag and an instrumental recording of "Hatikva."</p> <p> </p>

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