The "Maya" site was off the air for 90 minutes towards the end of trading yesterday.
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)'s corporate action site, "Maya" was disabled for an hour and a half yesterday, after malicious hackers, located in Muslim countries mounted an attack on the site.
Users attempting to access the site received an error notice. The "Maya" site is not connected to the TASE's trading activity and platforms, and aside from jamming the "Maya", the hackers did not manage to tamper with the information on it, or cause any other damage.
A number of Israeli websites have come under attack by Muslim hackers in recent months, the most notable of which was the website of the Bank of Israel, which was shut down for three days. The hackers also managed to insert a defamatory announcement in Arabic on the home page of the central bank's site.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on July 14, 2008
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