Attackers have also been using LOIC, a PC-based tool for launching a DDoS attack against a website of the user’s choosing, if used in manual mode. When used in “hive mind” mode, LOIC’s target can be controlled by attack organizers. LOIC also now runs on mobile phones, but there’s no sign that botnets have been used in these OpIsrael attacks. Israel and Gaza militants exchanged fire in what’s been described as the most intense violence to have occurred in Gaza Strip since 2009.”]