Israeli Elite Force

The group is led by Mitziyahu, naming himself co-ordinator, instead of leader. Stating in interviews for The Daily Beast, Israeli Channel 2 News, and more, that the mission of the iEF is to regain the Israeli citizen confidence of their hackers.

{{Main|OpIsrael}}

OpIsrael was a coordinated cyberattack by anti-Israel[http://www.timesofisrael.com/as-cyber-war-begins-israeli-hackers-hit-back/ As cyber-war begins, Israeli hackers hit back], Times of Israel 07-04-2013 groups and individuals against websites they perceived as Israeli, chiefly through denial-of-service attacks.[http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Israeli-cyber-activists-attack-anti-Israel-hackers-308921 Israeli cyber activists attack anti-Israel hackers], Jerusalem Post 07-04-2013 Timed for 7 April 2013, the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day,[https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2013/04/08/why-did-anonymous-have-to-attack-israel-on-holocaust-memorial-day/ Why did Anonymous have to attack Israel on Holocaust Memorial Day?], Forbes 08-04-2013 its stated goal was to "erase Israel from the internet".[http://www.france24.com/fr/20130327-israel-opisrael-groupes-hackers-pirates-piratage-internet-anonymous-menace-attaque-cyber Groups of hackers threaten to "wipe Israel off the Internet"], France 24 28-03-2013 (French)[http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/anonymous-hacker-greifen-israelische-seiten-an-a-892960.html Cyberwarfare: Hackers launch attacks on Israel], Der Spiegel 07-04-2013 (German) Israeli Elite Force had an early start forming two days prior to the attack, taking down websites.{{cite web |url=http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201304090019-0022665 |title=Anonymous vs. Israel {{!}} The Stream - Al Jazeera English |website=stream.aljazeera.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409130057/http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201304090019-0022665 |archive-date=2013-04-09}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/world/middleeast/pro-palestinian-hackers-attack-israeli-sites.html?_r=0|title = Israel Says It Repelled Most Attacks on Its Web Sites by Pro-Palestinian Hackers|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 7 April 2013|last1 = Kershner|first1 = Isabel}}{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/3089473/israel-gaza-hackers/|title = Off the Battlefield, Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar Against Israel and Palestine| date=8 August 2014 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/anonymouss-offensive-against-israel-reveals-the-splintered-state-of-hacktivism/|title=Anonymous's Offensive Against Israel Reveals the Splintered State of Hacktivism|date=27 July 2014 }}

The groups has organized a preemptive attack known as OpIslam to start a day earlier of OpIsrael.{{cite web | url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/170263#.UfFZXlNVvqw | title=Hackers Launch Operation to Fight Cyber Terror }} Groups known to join iEF at the planned operations include: sTz Hackers, MiSa3L Hacker Team and some single hackers.

Cyber War New website released a summary of attacks which lists the attacks and counterattacks, named Operation Israel Reloaded.https://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/07/30/operation-islam-v-operation-israel-results/ The OpIslam attack has received some criticism for being somewhat offensive with this said preemptive attack, as opposed to the groups usual defensive actions.

Upon planning of the OpIsraelBirthday by anti-Israeli teams on April 7, 2014, iEF launched OpBirthControl, having several groups and individuals joining them.

On this op the Israeli Elite Force decided to focus its energy on exposing participants of the anti-Israel hacks. The iEF hacked named Buddhax published a PDF document{{cite tweet|user=IsraeliElite|author=Israeli Elite Force|number=453694190325493760|date=9 April 2014|title=Hey friends, we decided to bring you something awesome. Want to see the faces behind Anongh0st? #OpBirthControl}} with a list of hackers and personal information including pictures of them taken from their computers. The PDF document has created a "buzz" being twitted by famous hacker The Jester,{{cite tweet|user=th3j35t3r|author=JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹|number=453747969825964032|date=9 April 2014|title=Oh and BTW: Welcome to the faces behind the totally skeery (not) Anongh0st 'crew'}} and celebrity Roseanne Barr,{{cite tweet|user=Bluesheaf|author=Bluesheaf Studios|number=453957831801438208|date=9 April 2014|title=@TheRealRoseanne Anti-Israel hackers get PWNed by Israeli hackers, take over webcams and snap pictures of the #Nazis}}{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Xu0ut/status/454814474751725568 |title=TWITTR / Xu0ut: "Israeli Hacker Reportedly |access-date=2014-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419004152/https://twitter.com/Xu0ut/status/454814474751725568 |archive-date=2014-04-19 |url-status=dead }} and being talked about in the media.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/opisrael-hackers-2014-4|title=Israeli Hackers Expose 'Anonymous' Members - Business Insider|author=Paul Szoldra|date=11 April 2014|work=Business Insider}}{{cite web|url=http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/24553/Default.aspx?hp=readmore|title=Meet the Israeli Hackers Who Are Striking Back|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/04/10/israeli-hackers-strike-back-at-anonymous-opisrael-expose-participants-with-their-own-webcams-photos/|title=Israeli Hackers Strike Back at Anonymous OpIsrael, Expose Participants With Their Own Webcams (PHOTOS)|work=Algemeiner.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.com/article/2476183/cybercrime-hacking/israeli-hacker-hijacks-webcams-to-unmask-anonymous-opisrael-hackers.html|title = Israeli hacker hijacks webcams to unmask Anonymous OpIsrael hackers|date = 14 April 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Israeli-Hackers-Claim-to-Have-Exposed-Individuals-Behind-OpIsrael-437501.shtml|title = Israeli Hackers Claim to Have Exposed Individuals Behind OpIsrael|date = 14 April 2014}} The group also released 45,000 usernames and passwords of government officials at the Gaza Ministry of Health{{Cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2014/07/18/israeli-hacktivists-gaza/#F0_keZSO0uq4|title=The Israeli Hacktivists' Cyber War in Gaza|website=Mashable|date=18 July 2014}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/hackers-attack-israel-israel-attacks-gaza-263256|title=Hackers Attack Israel as Israel Attacks Gaza|website=Newsweek|date=6 August 2014}}

On another counter-op named #OpIsraelRetailiate, the IEF leaked a database file of the Palestinian Authority Population Registry.{{cite web | url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.651093|title=Israeli Hackers Leak PA Population Registry in Response to anti-Israel Cyberattacks}}{{cite web|url =http://www.i24news.tv/app.php/en/news/technology/67092-150409-israeli-hackers-retaliate-leak-pa-population-registry|title=Israeli hackers retaliate: leak PA population registry}} This action was referred to as unprecedented by Israeli data security experts.http://www.haaretz.co.il/captain/net/.premium-1.2610390http://net.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=1119894 At the same counter-op, the group also leaked Palestinian Authority unemployment office information containing 38,000 names and personal data of 700 job holders in the Palestinian Authority.

Although the Israeli Elite Force (i.E.F.) hasn't been noticeably active in 2024, a hacker group named WitherSecInformation resource page removed from host due to the post containing personal information of individuals without consent. has claimed to have accomplished joint operations in partnership with the Israeli Elite Force (i.E.F.). WitherSec carried out attacks against the infamous hacker group Anonymous. WitherSecInformation resource page removed from host due to the post containing personal information of individuals without consent. carried out attacks such as the hacking of personal and/or organization social media accounts, defacing websites, DDOS attacks, data breaches, and doxes against members of Anonymous and other hacker groups in retaliation to Anonymous and other hacker groups publicly recruiting people to criminally attack and inflict damage on Israeli government systems, websites, and pro Israel organizations.

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