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Are official communications secure in Lebanon?

An expert noted outdated infrastructure and a lack of trained personnel in Lebanon, a few days after a scandal in the United States involving encrypted messaging.

Are official communications secure in Lebanon?

The headquarters of Ogero in Bir Hassan, in the southern suburbs of Beirut. (Credit: Philippe Hage Boutros/L'Orient-Le Jour)

"From an operational security perspective, it's the biggest mess possible. These people cannot ensure America's safety," said Pete Buttigieg, a prominent figure in the American Democratic Party, to a cybersecurity incident. On Monday, March 24, the editor-in-chief of the American media The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported in an article how he found himself in a confidential group of the Trump administration, receiving via Signal messaging the attack plan of the raids carried out on March 15 by the U.S. military against the Houthis in Yemen, two hours before they began. The case, which has continued to cause an uproar, revealed lapses by the Trump administration in security protocols for handling sensitive military data.In terms of cybersecurity of communications at the authority level, what is the current situation...
"From an operational security perspective, it's the biggest mess possible. These people cannot ensure America's safety," said Pete Buttigieg, a prominent figure in the American Democratic Party, to a cybersecurity incident. On Monday, March 24, the editor-in-chief of the American media The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported in an article how he found himself in a confidential group of the Trump administration, receiving via Signal messaging the attack plan of the raids carried out on March 15 by the U.S. military against the Houthis in Yemen, two hours before they began. The case, which has continued to cause an uproar, revealed lapses by the Trump administration in security protocols for handling sensitive military data.In terms of cybersecurity of communications at the authority level, what is the current...
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