Israeli vice PM Shalom's accounts hacked

Despite a ceasefire has come into existence between Israel and Hamas, there seems to be no respite from cyber attacks targeting each other. Now the new victim of Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom

On Wednesday, hackers claimed to have hacked social-media accounts, including those on Facebook and Twitter, belonging to Shalom.

Hackers changed Shalom's Facebook page, replacing it with an image bearing the words "Free Palestine". While his Twitter feed stayed filled with pro-Palestine status updates for several hours.

BBC reports that a group calling itself CompanyHackingCrew (ZHC) claimed responsibility, adding it had also accessed the politician's email.

It is the latest cyber-attack against Israel, since it launched a military offensive on Gaza a week ago.

One security analyst said taking over unprotected personal accounts was easy.

The group said it would soon release private documents it had found in Shalom's personal email.