A fresh wave of website attacks has been reported after tensions in the Middle East recently increased. According to security observers, around 149 claimed DDoS attacks were carried out against 110 organizations across 16 countrieswithin a short period of time.
The surge in cyber activity followed military strikes carried out by the United States and Israel against Iranian targets on February 28, 2026, part of operations known as Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion. Security researchers say the hacktivist campaign began within hours of the strikes, showing how quickly geopolitical conflicts can spill into cyberspace.
Many of the affected targets were government departments, banks, and public service websites. During the incidents, the websites suddenly received a huge number of visits at the same time, which caused several of them to slow down or temporarily stop working for normal users.
Around 12 hacktivist groups participating in the campaign. Among them, Keymous+, DieNet, and NoName057(16) were responsible for a large share of the attacks, with the first two groups alone accounting for nearly 70 percent of the observed activity.
The government sector was the most frequently targeted, making up nearly half of the reported incidents. Other affected sectors included financial services and telecommunications providers.
Most of the reported attacks were linked to organizations in the Middle East, with Kuwait, Israel, and Jordanexperiencing some of the highest concentrations of attack claims. However, several websites in Europe and other regions were also mentioned in the campaign.
In many cases the affected websites started working again after some time, but the temporary disruptions still affected normal services for users.
Researchers also noted that some hacktivist groups attempted to amplify their actions through website defacements and claims of data leaks, in addition to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Such hacktivist campaigns have become more common during periods of geopolitical tension. Online activist groups often attempt to show support for one side of a geopolitical conflict by disrupting the digital services of organizations they associate with the opposing side.
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