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Dark Storm Team is a pro-Palestinian hacktivist group known for launching cyberattacks against entities they perceive as supporting Israel.
The hacking group was founded in 2023 and has orchestrated cyber attacks against governments and organisations known to support Israel, according to cyber security firm Check Point.
“They tend to go after those high-profile attacks,” said Muhammad Yahya Patel, a lead security engineer at Check Point.
“Their main mantra is to disrupt services, largely related to government and NATO connections.”
The group has previously targeted Israeli hospitals, US airports, government websites and other critical infrastructure services, according to cyber security site SecurityScorecard.
“We will attack any country that supports the occupying entity,” the group posted on Telegram last year, in screenshots shared by SecurityScorecard.
However, Dark Storm Team is not completely motivated by political beliefs – it also advertises itself as hackers-for-hire.
Dark Storm Team claimed it was behind the attack and has previously targeted Israeli hospitals and US airports, according to cyber security experts. Elon Musk said his social media platform…