Hackers aligned with radical Islamic terror group bring Israeli Holocaust memorial museum’s seminar on Jewish fast day to a halt.
Hackers claiming to be linked to the radical Islamic group ISIS (Islamic State in Syria) crashed an online symposium this week, held by a Holocaust memorial museum in Israel to mark the anniversary of the destruction of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem.
An online zoom seminar hosted by Yad Vashem to mark the solemn Fast of the 9th of Av (Tisha B’Av), was interrupted Tuesday by hackers claiming to be affiliated with ISIS.
The half-day event, which was attended by more than 1,000 participants, featuring lectures and speakers, including the Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council and Holocaust survivor Rabbi Israel Meir Lau – the former Chief Rabbi of Israel – as well as Rabbi Mordechai Neugroschel.
