An increase of 2000% in attacks on pro-Israel and Israeli government websites was recorded in the first few days after the IDF takeover of the Turkish ship 'Marmara' headed for Gaza. Most of the attacks originated from Turkish and Palestinian sources.

Tests conducted by Internet security experts from IBM also found that the attackers managed to breakthrough to 500 Israeli websites and make changes or to plant propaganda on them.

IBM also found that Israeli government sites held up well to the attacks and most of the break-ins were into sites of companies and organizations in the private sector.

Yossi Tal, an information security architect at IBM Israel said of IBM's test results: "This is further proof, for those who need it, that we must prepare well for cases like this."