Hamas Cyberattacks Ceased After the Oct. 7 Terror Attack. But Why?

This report describes observed Hamas-linked cyber operations prior to Oct 7, highlighting the BLACKATOM group's targeted social-engineering campaign against Israeli defense and aerospace personnel that delivered the SysJoker multiplatform backdoor via malicious Visual Studio project lures hosted on attacker-controlled GitHub/Google Drive. Analysts note a surprising cessation of activity since Oct 7, discuss possible operational-security reasons, and assess that espionage-focused operations by these actors may eventually resume against Israel, regional actors, and Western targets.