Egypt-based hackers who allegedly attempted to attack United Arab Emirates (UAE) government websites on Friday have been “thwarted”.

This is according to the UAE’s Telecommunications Authority (TRA), which yesterday said its ‘Computer Emergency Response Team’ (aeCERT) “succeeded in neutralising the danger and repairing the limited damage caused by the attack.”

It is unclear as to what the nature of the attack was or the extent of the damage.

But the TRA in a statement has said it contacted Egyptian authorities to coordinate efforts in dealing with the attack.

"We agreed to provide the Egyptian authorities with a list of IP (Internet Protocol) addresses from which the cyber-infiltration attempts originated," Mohammed Nasser Al Ghanim, director general of TRA, said in a statement.

The UAE is a supporter of the military-led authorities in Egypt which this year toppled Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi from his position as president of Egypt.

Morsi came to power last year in Egypt’s democratic elections. But his fall from power has been reminiscent to that of Egypt’s previous ruler, Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in 2011 following mass protests in cities such as Cairo.

Meanwhile, 30 Egyptian and Emirati supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested in the UAE this year for allegedly setting up an ‘illegal’ branch of the Islamist political party in the emirates.

Concerns reportedly exist among the UAE’s leaders that the likes of a Muslim Brotherhood party in the country could attempt to topple the UAE’s western-backed ruling system.