Hick for Hack: Israeli teen retaliates for cyberattack by posting Saudi credit card numbers

A 17 year old Israeli hacker known as '0xOmer' has published hundreds of Saudi credit card numbers in retaliation against Arab hackers, claiming to be Saudis, who published tens of thousands of Israeli credit card details on the internet last week. This is just the beginning," 0xOmer told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. "We have over 300 Saudi credit card numbers in our possession... and over 10,000 personal details of people in Saudi Arabia, including full names, emails, and addresses. If they publish one more little detail on Israel, we will attack in full force and publish all of the credit card details," he added.

The hacker provided a glimpse into how a developing cyberwar is being fought. Last week, Israeli credit card numbers and the Bank of Israel scrambled to quickly disable credit card numbers compromised by the actions of the anti-Israel hacker. Now, Saudi banks will have to take the same steps to protect their customers. "I belong to a group of hackers named Israel Defenders," he said. The team is made up of four members, who function like an organized cell, with a clear division of labor.

"My role is to find and exploit security breaches in the highest levels," 0xomer said. Another member of the team, codenamed 7ukk1, is in charge of defacing websites targeted by the hackers, and handling foreign media relations. 7ukk1 is also an IDF soldier serving in Military Intelligence, 0xOmer said. A third member is a specialist in breaking into servers. The fourth member helps 0xOmer identify security gaps. "It's very easy to be hacker. It's a matter of studying for two to three months, and you can master the field," 0xOmer said. "the only difficulty is in finding Arab websites because they're in a different language," he added. But such websites have already been found in the form of a Saudi shopping website, and security breaches identified.