Jakarta: An organisation claiming responsibility for a wave of cyberattacks that made headlines this week told Arab News that Indonesian hackers would keep breaking into the websites of Israeli government institutions.

The attacks by hackers from the country with the largest Muslim population in the world coincided with a string of similar hacks this month that have been claimed by hacker groups from other nations, as well as Israeli security forces' attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Ramadan holy month.

The Indonesian hacker collective known as VulzSec Team claimed to have gained access to sensitive data from a number of government systems in Israel, including those of the police, health ministry, transportation agencies, and central bank.

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Data from the health ministry, primarily, that the group claims to be related to the most recent attacks has already been published in part on its Facebook page.

Arab News was unable to immediately confirm the allegations, and Tel Aviv has not yet responded to the Indonesian cyberattack.

According to VulzSec Team, "in the future we will be more focused on other institutions and try to breach other systems in Israel," they also censor the information they share and won't upload sensitive data because there were no malicious intentions behind the hacks.

their "Operation Israel" was started "for humanitarian reasons to support the aspirations of the Palestinian people's rights" and was intended to spread awareness of their belief in "freedom among human beings, including the freedom for Palestinians from Israeli attacks."

The hacking campaign against Indonesia and previous ones by other organisations, such as Anonymous Sudan, seem to be carried out by "hacktivists," or people who use online tools to voice their discontent.

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As people have shifted their focus from material to virtual objects, it has become a growing trend, according to Ardi Sutedja, chairman and founder of the Indonesia Cyber Security Forum.

He told Arab News, "There's often this strong solidarity among people, but they fail to think of the long-term consequences that, when they do such activities, it will surely be countered in various ways. There may even be a counterattack from Israel.

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Sutedja said, "When it comes to Israel, it is known that they will counterattack when they experience a cyberattack, and we don't know what sort of counter cyberattack they will use. This is against a state whose use of sophisticated technology is beyond our comprehension.