Anons crack 600,000 Israeli email accounts

Anonymous on 1/15/13 claimed to have hacked some 600,000 email accounts from the Israeli server Walla!, stealing certain email addresses and passwords. Walla downplayed the incident: "The information published is useless, since the allegedly exposed passwords are encrypted and therefore cannot be used. However, we are working on 'hermetically' sealing off user details in Walla! accounts," they said. The strike appears to be part of the group's so-called #OpIsrael campaign that was announced last December, during the latest round of fighting between Israel and Gaza's Hamas, codenamed 'Pillar of Defense' by the Israel Defense Forces.