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Hackers Dump Israeli Credit Info

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Claim to be from Saudi Arabia.

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Is Saudi Arabia taking a page out of Anonymous’s book? Israeli credit-card companies say hackers claiming to be from Saudi Arabia posted credit-card information from thousands of Israelis online. The hackers claim to have stolen data from 400,000 customers; Israel’s central bank says it's more like 15,000. The hackers called the attack a “gift to the world for the New Year” that they hoped “would hurt the Zionist pocket.”

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