A woman whose company is linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria in an attack on Hezbollah has gone into hiding, it has been revealed. Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono, 49, is listed as the CEO of Budapest-based BAC Consulting and the Taiwanese trademark holder of the pagers said it was responsible for the manufacture of the devices.

Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono has not appeared publicly since the deadly attack that targeted Iran-backed Hezbollah and that has been widely blamed on Israel.

Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono is the owner of BAC Consulting - the Hungary-based company that licensed the pager design from Taiwan manufacturer Gold Apollo.

Hungarian intelligence services have conducted several interviews with the CEO of BAC Consulting, a Budapest-based company linked to deadly explosions of pagers used by Hezbollah members this week, the Hungarian government said on Saturday.

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.

The attack on the militant group has prompted several investigations into the supply chain behind the devices that detonated this week.

Israel has not confirmed or denied any role in the explosions in Lebanon, but 12 current and former defence and intelligence officials believe the country is behind the attack