A top secret group said on Tuesday that it had successfully executed a cyberattack against the financial wing of Lebanese terrorist group Al-Qard al-Hassan, which includes an active banking system.
According to Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star, the group known as “SpiderZ” was already releasing passport photos, customer details and headquarters, as well as photographs. security from inside the bank, according to a statement they gathered during the attack.
SpiderZ carrier group in video message to Hezbollah
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The organization said it had managed to collect a huge amount of data from the bank’s servers which it plans to release to the public and the information released so far is only a “taste” of what is to come.
The bank’s management confirmed the attack, which they said targeted its branches in Lebanon as well as the United Arab Emirates, although the hackers failed to gain access to any bank accounts.
The data released, however, includes lists of bank customers, account numbers, financial and private reports of more than 100,000 investors and 200,000 lenders, which as well as the names of several other banks that cooperate with Hezbollah, including JTB Bank, the Lebanese-Bank of Canada, Lebanese-Swiss Bank, Societe-Generale Bank, Kuwait Bank and Arab World.
Shortly after the attack, SpiderZ released a video, in which they alleged that the bank allows senior Hezbollah members to dip thumbs into the customer’s finances.
(The video published by SpiderZ)
“The secret has been revealed. [Al-Qard al-Hassan] it does not work to protect the public. If you owe them anything, don’t pay it. Don’t let them steal your money and take it away from the bank before it becomes more than ink on paper, ”the group said in the video.
Some thought of the hack as Israel’s deception for the recent cyber attack on Israeli insurance company Shirbit as well as attempted cyber infiltration of the country’s key defense industries, both of which believed that the ordered by Ioran.
However, the option could hurt a bank recently hired by the U.S. for transferring money to terrorist groups, possibly attacking American groups.
One of the documents released
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Financial intelligence group Double Check – which works against global terrorist financing – has warned that customers who choose to continue working with Al-Qard al-Hassan are at risk of losing their money .
“Full information was provided to Al-Qard al-Hasssan clients, who had lent or borrowed money. This means that it is no longer confidential, and cannot be used as a hidden financial shelter through which money is hidden from the authorities in Lebanon, including the banks, tax authorities and enforcement elements in the country, ”Wrote the group.
The felonies made by the investors using the “secrecy” that the bank gives to its members, such as tax evasion and money burning, are now open to the enforcement authorities in Lebanon and the international enforcement agencies, “he said. If your name or details appear on the documents released, enforcement authorities in Lebanon or other countries will examine you. ”