GDN Online reports:
Cyber-attacks targeting Bahrain and its Gulf neighbours have skyrocketed eight-fold this month in the wake of the joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, security experts have warned.
Hacktivists aligned with Tehran have dramatically ramped up Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) strikes across the Middle East, capitalising on the chaos of the widening regional conflict.
Data released by cybersecurity firm StormWall showed that between March 1 and 20, the volume of these malicious traffic attacks surged by a staggering 800 per cent compared to February.
The digital campaign has heavily targeted Israel (accounting for 36pc of all recorded strikes), followed by the UAE at 21pc, and Bahrain holding a concerning 14pc share of the regional onslaught.
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