The woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria this week is under the protection of the Hungarian secret services, her mother told The Associated Press on Friday.
Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono has not appeared publicly since the deadly simultaneous attack that targeted Hezbollah on Tuesday and that has been widely blamed on Israel. She is listed as the CEO of Budapest-based BAC Consulting, which the Taiwanese trademark holder of the pagers said was responsible for the manufacture of the devices.
Her mother, Beatrix Barsony-Arcidiacono, told the AP that her daughter had received unspecified threats and "is currently in a safe place protected by the Hungarian secret services."
The "Hungarian secret services advised her not to talk to media," she said by phone from Sicily.
Hungary's national security authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and the AP could not independently verify the claim.
