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Claiming 'hacking' of network, Lebanon condemns IDF warnings to its civilians
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 10:02:34 +0000 (UTC)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/claiming-hacking-of-network-lebanon-condemns-idf-warnings-to-its-civilians/ By TOI Staff The Times of Israel December 7, 2018Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday accused Israel of hacking into the country's telephone network to warn southern Lebanese citizens of imminent Israeli military activity on the border, in what was described by Beirut as "extremely serious acts."
Amal Mudallali's letter to the United Nations Security Council came days after Israel launched Operation Northern Shield to dismantle cross-border attack tunnels it says were dug by the Hezbollah terror group.
"Lebanon condemns in the strongest possible terms the political and diplomatic campaign being waged by Israel against Lebanon, which it fears is a prelude to the launch of further attacks," she wrote.
"That campaign is being accompanied by a number of extremely serious acts, of which the most recent is that Israel has breached the Lebanese communications grid by hacking into the telephone network and sending recorded messages to peaceable civilian inhabitants of the southern part of the village of Kafr Killa warning them of imminent explosions to take place on Lebanese territory that might put their lives at risk," wrote Mudallali.
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