Lebanon — Cyber Threat Profile
Lebanon's cybersecurity posture has deteriorated sharply alongside its broader economic and institutional collapse. Critical infrastructure is unreliable, government agencies lack funding for basic IT operations, and incident response capacity is negligible. Hezbollah maintains a separate, politically motivated cyber capability operating independently of the state, conducting espionage and influence operations regionally. The financial sector, already devastated by economic crisis, faces persistent fraud and data breach risks with minimal regulatory oversight. International organizations and NGOs operating in-country face targeted intrusions. Brain drain has gutted the domestic technical talent pool. Lebanon is simultaneously a victim of neglect and a host to non-state cyber actors with regional reach.- World Cybercrime Index 2024 (origin significance): 0.33 / 100, #61 worldwide
- Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 267.3 (source: World Bank)
- Internet users (2024): 80.6% of population (source: World Bank)
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