The Social Security website crashed due to a cyber attack on the site - No databases were hacked

The Social Security website crashed on Wednesday afternoon and soon returned to activity for the most part. The Social Security explains that the reason for the fall was a cyber attack on the site. According to the Social Security, the attack focused on loading information on the site and was handled by the Social Security cyber and computer personnel. The Social Security emphasizes that no databases were hacked at all and that public information is preserved. The Social Security cyber and computing blocked access from abroad, thus returning the site to operation.
Alex Steinberg, product manager at information security company ESET Israel, explains that "this is a DDOS attack which is a denial of service attack, whose purpose is to create an unusual load that does not allow the other party to deal with it until it collapses. It is usually a temporary attack. Time because it requires the use of many resources in order to infect many computers with dedicated damage. "
The director general of the Israeli Internet Association, Yoram HaCohen, said in response to the attack on the Social Security that "it seems that this is a coordinated attack intended to create a load that will lead to the collapse of services on the Social Security website."
"The attack means that many computers at the same time turn to the Social Security website to lead to its collapse and prevent its possibility of providing a service. The phenomenon, if this is indeed the case, is in directing and blocking this Pike traffic - for example, temporarily blocking traffic to the National Insurance website from abroad, knowing that the vast majority of users live in Israel. "
The National Insurance Institute stated: "The cyber attack that tried to prevent service has ended. The general website of the National Insurance Institute alone was not accessible to the public due to this attack between 13: 38-15: 20. Currently: the incident is behind us. There was no damage to citizens' databases. "The cyber and computer systems in the National Insurance Institute continue to monitor continuously and the service in the branches is carried out as usual."