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Cyber Jihad Movement
Al-Qaeda–affiliated Islamist hacking group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cyber Jihad Movement (CJM), also known as Cyber Jihad (romanized: Ḥarakat al-Jihād al-Sībiranī) is an Islamist hacking group affliated with Al-Qaeda.[1][3]
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History
The group first emerged during the 2025 Iran–Israel conflict, where it began conducting cyberattacks against Israeli and American digital infrastructure alongside Iranian-linked hacktivist campaigns as part of its pro-Palestine campaign.[4][5][2][6]
According to cybersecurity firms, the Cyber Jihad Movement was one of several hacktivist groups coordinating denial-of-service and website defacement attacks following major escalations in the Iran–Israel conflict.[7]
Analysts at Customer Value Partners (CVP) similarly noted that the group’s activity extended to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting U.S. institutions in mid-2025.[8]
In its own statements reported by Security Alliance, the Cyber Jihad Movement also claimed that its cyber operations would target European governments and institutions in addition to the United States and Israel.[9]
On August 22th, 2025, the hacking group announced its pledge of allegiance to Al-Qaeda on the group's public Telegram channel on August 2025.[1]
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Recorded attacks
On June 18th, 2025, the Cyber Jihad Movement took offline the official website of Israeli telecommunication company Bezeq International via DDoS attack.[10]
On the month of June, 2025, the Israeli news website Times of Israel was reported to be taken offline by DDoS attack in collaboration between Cyber Jihad Movement and Team Fearless, the exact date of the event is unknown.[2]
On September 17th, 2025, the Cyber Jihad Movement launched coordinated cyber campaign to commit series of cyberattacks against what it deemed as "hostile targets"[3]
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References
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