149 Hacktivist DDoS Attacks Hit 110 Organizations in 16 Countries After Middle East Conflict
“The hacktivist threat in the Middle East is highly lopsided, with two groups, Keymous+ and DieNet, driving nearly 70% of all attack activity between February 28 and March 2,” Radware said in a Tuesday report. The first distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack was launched by Hider Nex (aka ...
The internet joins the war
Following the launch of the U.S.–Israeli military campaign against Iran on February 28, 2026, a parallel surge of hacktivist activity quickly emerged across the Middle East. According to a report from Radware, within nine hours of the first kinetic strikes under “Operation Epic Fury,” multiple ...
Israel ranks first worldwide as target of geopolitical cyberattacks
Cyberattacks against Israeli organizations have shifted from sporadic disruptions to a near-daily occurrence, with Israel emerging as the world’s most targeted country for geopolitically motivated cyber activity in 2025, according to Radware’s 2026 Global Cyber Threat Report.