A meeting of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, in the hemicycle of the Lebanese Parliament, on Dec. 27, 2023. (Credit: Ali Fawaz/Lebanese Parliament)
The Lebanese Parliament's website was the target of a cyber-hack from an unknown origin, the Chamber's press office announced on Sunday.
"Following a hacking attempt suffered by the Parliament website, the technical team responsible for the administration and protection of the site has frozen it, and is working to resolve this incident," the press office wrote in a brief statement.
It was unclear on Sunday evening what the hacking attempt looked like, and the site appeared to be operating normally.
Two weeks ago, also on a Sunday evening, Beirut International Airport was the target of a cyber-attack that caused the baggage carousels to malfunction. A message criticizing Hezbollah was displayed on the screens usually showing flight details.
A source at Middle East Airlines (MEA), the national airline, indicated that the Flight Information Display System (FIDS) network, which displays flight information inside the airport, was hacked, as had the BHS system for baggage inspection.
Imad Elhajj, professor of computer engineering at AUB and specialist in cybersecurity, told L'Orient-Le Jour that the attack's complex modus operandi was an indication that it had been orchestrated by a competent and organized group, and not by isolated individuals as initial suspicions had suggested.
This article was originally published in L'Orient-Le Jour.