Hizbullah...
Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as
The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
after the party’s al-Qard al-Hasan financial institution was hacked, despite the institution's assurance the hackers had no access to any of the internal data or account numbers of depositors, the Saudi Asharq el-Awsat reported on Wednesday.
A hacker group called "Spiderz" hacked into the cameras and servers of Hizbullah’s financial institution al-Qard al-Hasan, which the party says is a charity association.
The group collected and exposed a name list of borrowers, and published the links to the information on a special page on Twitter, attaching all details related to its customers.
Spiderz called on borrowers to refrain from paying their due installments for the benefit of the institution. It also urged depositors to withdraw their deposits. The hackers promised, via a video recording, to publish additional information later.
Al-Qard al-Hassan Association was established by Hizbullah in the 1980s. It was licensed by the Interior Ministry in 1987. It has 32 branches across Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...The hacking process created confusion among the association’s customers, given that their data was made public, said the daily.
The operation came a few months after the association launched an automated teller service in its branches in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the party's center of influence. This encouraged some to place financial deposits in the institution that is not subject to the Lebanese banking system.
The association downplayed the hack, saying the hackers failed to access any of the internal information. A spokesperson for the association said the hacking only affected the external network, explaining that the hack failed to reach the numbers of deposits, the value of loans, etc.
The data published to the public included lists of customers' names, account numbers and the type of currency in which they deal in. It also included a list of the most important customers, borrowers, loan amount, repayment rate, and personal information about customers.
The hacking operation also revealed the accounts of al-Qard al-Hassan Foundation in Jammal Trust Bank, which had been subjected to US sanctions in 2019 for providing financial services to Hizbullah, and was liquidated in Lebanon. The information leaked included account numbers, government IDs and passport information, as well as registration forms, account statements and additional financial documents.
The leak also included details of bank accounts that the hacker group claims the organization owns in other Lebanese banks, including the Jammal Trust Bank, which was subjected to US sanctions last year for allegedly facilitating the financial activities of Hezbollah. The other banks listed could face US sanctions as well if the information is verified.
The hackers promised in the video to publish more information about the financial organization and other institutions affiliated with Hezbollah in the near future.
Sources told al-Akhbar that authorities believe that the attack was either carried out by foreign intelligence agencies or by local hackers with the help of former employees. As of Tuesday afternoon, the cyberattack was still ongoing and the organization is reportedly not the only Hezbollah-affiliated body being targeted, according to the news outlet.
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