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Pro-Hezbollah media outlets hit by cyberattacks, displaying anti-Hezbollah messages

Pro-Hezbollah media outlets hit by cyberattacks, displaying anti-Hezbollah messages

Telegram channel of al-Mayadeen media hacked, Oct. 7, 2024. (Screenshot X/@SarahDadouch)

Lebanese television channel al-Mayadeen, considered pro-Iranian, said Monday that some of its "websites and news platforms have been targeted by a cyberattack," without elaborating.

"Our team is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible," the channel said in a post on its X account.

The newspaper al-Akhbar, known for its proximity to Hezbollah, also said on Instagram that its site had been the victim of "a series of continuous cyberattacks."

Several internet users, including journalist Sarah Dadouch, shared a screenshot showing al-Mayadeen 's Telegram channel at the time of the hack. An image was sent, showing a drawing of a boat marked with the Iranian flag, with an ayatollah on board, who is presumably a caricature of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The ship is sunk by two weights: One in the shape of Lebanon, the other in the shape of the Gaza Strip. "They blew up and shouted for the annihilation of Israel, and were shaken ... Karbala, Karbala, oh terrorist Hezbollah, the army of Israel will return. We are coming to you with iron swords to cut off your heads, because Hezbollah, they are the losers," is written on the drawing. The source of the hack is not yet known.

On Sept. 24, al-Mayadeen journalist Hadi al-Sayyed succumbed to his injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Srifa (Sour) in southern Lebanon.

In November 2023, two other al-Mayadeen reporters, Farah Omar and Rabih Maamari, as well as their civilian friend Hussein Aqil, were killed in an Israeli bombing in the Tyr Harfa (Sour) border area.

This article originally appeared in French in L'Orient-Le Jour.

Lebanese television channel al-Mayadeen, considered pro-Iranian, said Monday that some of its "websites and news platforms have been targeted by a cyberattack," without elaborating. "Our team is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible," the channel said in a post on its X account. The newspaper al-Akhbar, known for its proximity to Hezbollah, also said on Instagram that its site had been...