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By Aaron Bandler
(July 2, 2025 / JNS) Just as Jew-hatred has spread on university campuses across the country, Iran-aligned and other antisemitic cyber criminals will target Jewish and pro-Israel entities increasingly in the coming days and months, experts told JNS.
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Fixler, of FDD, has seen reports of increased cyber attacks against Israeli groups but hasn’t seen anything specific about U.S. Jewish organizations.
“I would be really surprised to see numbers that didn’t increase,” she told JNS.
“You’re going to get attacks from anyone and everyone, just as we’ve seen sort of anti-Israel sentiments on college campuses increase and we’ve seen pro-Palestinian movements that have targeted Jewish organizations in vandalism or protests or things like that,” she said.
“You’re going to see the same activity online from hackers that are based in the United States, that are based in Iran, that are based in the Middle East,” she said. “The cyberspace gives them that ability to act globally.”
Personal attacks
Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, had two FBI agents visit his home recently and tell him that his organization and he were among 42 listed on Iranian hit lists and cyberattack lists.
“Our websites and computers have been compromised, but quickly repaired, and we’ve received threatening phone calls,” he told JNS. “These threats are not theoretical. They are real and escalating.”
ZOA and other Jewish groups lobbied Congress last week for more security funding for Jewish institutions and communities across the country. “These measures are essential for our protection and preparedness in the face of such serious threats,” he told JNS.
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