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Hezbollah’s cyber unit hacked into telecoms and ISPs

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports:

A Hezbollah-affiliated threat actor known as Lebanese Cedar has been linked to intrusions at telco operators and internet service providers in the US, the UK, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, and the UAE.

The year-long hacking campaign started in early 2020 and was discovered by Israeli cyber-security firm Clearsky.

Read more on ZDNet.


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