Cyber Incident Victim: Jewish Free School
Date:
Nov 2015
Location:
United Kingdom
Summary
A Tunisian Islamist hacktivist group known as Tunisian Fallaga Team claimed responsibility for hacking the website of Europe's largest Jewish school in North London, displaying a message condemning Islamophobia and aggression against Muslims. The group, which has targeted other Jewish institutions including a Maryland day school, allegedly disrupted the school's online presence as part of its broader campaign against perceived anti-Muslim actions. The defacement included statements accusing unspecified parties of terrorism and occupation, consistent with the group's history of website compromises worldwide.
| CIA Posture | Motives | Tactics, Techniques & Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| Available to members | 2 motives | 1 technique |
| Threat Actor | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 actor | Available to members | Available to members |
Description
On November 11, 2015, the Tunisian Fallaga Team, an Islamist hacktivist group, publicly claimed responsibility for a cyberattack targeting the website of the Jewish Free School (JFS) in North London, Europe's largest Jewish school. The group announced the breach on Tuesday, asserting they had successfully disrupted the school's online presence. During the defacement, the attackers replaced the website's content with a political message criticizing perceived Western aggression against Muslims, stating: "You made the terrorism and you occupate our country." The message additionally called for an end to Islamophobia, framing the attack as retaliation against anti-Muslim policies. This incident marked the second known attack by the group against a Jewish educational institution within a month.
Prior to the JFS breach, the Tunisian Fallaga Team had targeted Bnos Yisroel, a Jewish day school in Baltimore, Maryland, in October 2015. The group publicly boasted of compromising hundreds of websites globally over the preceding year, though specific technical details about the JFS attack methodology or duration of downtime were not disclosed in available reports. Media outlet RT contacted JFS for comment following the incident but received no official response from the school. No further information regarding containment measures, forensic investigations, or operational impacts on the school’s activities was publicly documented in the source material. The attack highlighted recurring targeting of Jewish educational institutions by the group during this period.