The Anti-Defamation League, AIPAC, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and other prominent American Jewish groups did not oppose the weapons transfer.
While Israel has not acknowledged responsibility for the attacks, the country has long said it would target any transfer of weapons to Hezbollah or other terrorist groups.
Similar tactics already have been used in the U.K., Scandinavia and South Africa, and are part of an upsurge in wire and electronic-funds transfer thefts at financial institutions that have drastically escalated in the past year, affecting mostly small businesses and nonprofit groups.