Hackers strike at Israeli websites

Hackers have attacked the websites of Israel’s stock exchange and national airline in a deepening cyber war launched earlier this month by a group claiming to be Saudis.

Neither website contains sensitive information and trading and flights were not affected. But the continuing raids by hackers who use anti-Israel language in their posts has revealed how vulnerable Israel is to cyber warfare, despite its sophisticated computer security units in the military and advanced high-tech sector.