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Al-Qaeda–affiliated Islamist hacking group

Cyber Jihad Movement حركة الجهاد السيبراني Other name Cyber Jihad Allegiance Al-Qaeda (August 2025 - Present) Ideology Sunni Islamism Salafi Jihadism Islamic Fundamentalism Sunni-Shia alliance Anti-Zionism Anti-Americanism Anti-Europeanism Anti-Western sentiment Cyber Jihadism Status Active Wars Involvement in Cyberwarfare Twelve-Day War (June 2025) Cyberwarfare during the 2026 Iran war (4 March 2026 - present) 2026 Afghanistan-Pakistan War (4 March 2026 - present)

The **Cyber Jihad Movement (CJM)**, also known as **Cyber Jihad** ([romanized](/source/Romanized): Ḥarakat al-Jihād al-Sībiranī) is a [Sunni](/source/Sunni_Islam) [Islamist](/source/Islamist) hacking group allegiant to [Al-Qaeda](/source/Al-Qaeda).[14][15][10][9][16][3][4]

## History

The group first emerged during the [2025 Iran–Israel conflict](/source/2025_Iran%E2%80%93Israel_conflict), where it began conducting cyberattacks against Israeli and American digital infrastructure alongside Iranian-linked [hacktivist](/source/Hacktivism) campaigns as part of its pro-[Palestine](/source/Palestine) campaign.[17][18][7][19][20]

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.[21][20]

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.[22]

The Cyber Jihad Movement also claimed that its cyber operations would target European governments and institutions in addition to the United States and Israel, under the codename Operation Storm.[13][10]

On August 22, 2025, the hacking group announced its pledge of allegiance to Al-Qaeda on the group's public [Telegram](/source/Telegram_(software)) channel in August 2025.[14][16]

On March 4, 2026, amid [Afghanistan–Pakistan war](/source/2026_Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_war) and [2026 Iran war](/source/2026_Iran_war), the group released a statement urging [Muslims](/source/Muslims) worldwide to join its global cyber Jihad and vows to assist the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and Pakistani Taliban against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan government, and supporting pro-Iran hacking groups against Israel and the United States.[8][2][5]

## Recorded attacks

On June 18, 2025, the Cyber Jihad Movement took offline the official website of Israeli telecommunication company [Bezeq International](/source/Bezeq_International) via DDoS attack.[11]

In June, 2025, the Israeli news website [Times of Israel](/source/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.[7]

In August, 2025, the Allied Muslim Hacktivist launched a coordinated cyberattack against India amid [India's Independence Day.](/source/Independence_Day_(India))[6]

On September 17, 2025, the Cyber Jihad Movement launched coordinated cyber campaign to commit series of cyberattacks against what it deemed as "hostile targets"[15]

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DarkwebInformer2025_11-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DarkwebInformer2025_11-1) ["Cyber Jihad Movement Targeted the Website of Bezeq International"](https://darkwebinformer.com/cyber-jihad-movement-targeted-the-website-of-bezeq-international/). *Darkweb Informer*. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.

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