Media News - Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Al-Jazeera websites hacked by Assad loyalist group
The websites of the Arabic news network, Al Jazeera, were hacked on
Tuesday, apparently by a group sympathetic to the Syrian regime.
Al-Jazeera's English and Arabic websites were affected by the hack, made
by a group calling itself al-Rashedon, or "the guided ones".
"This is a response to your position against the people and government
of Syria, especially your support of the armed terrorist groups and
spreading false fabricated news," the group said in a statement
blanketing aljazeera.net. "Your website has been hacked, and this is our
response to you." In a statement, the network said its external services had been
"compromised". It added: "The company that operates them quickly
resolved this, though some users may continue to experience issues for a
while longer." Commentators said they were not familiar with the group that claimed
responsibility. Aaron Zellin of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a
thinktank based in Washington DC, said: "I think the hackers were just
trying to make a statement and get their voices heard. It will get them
attention, if just for a few days." Zellin said there were suggestions
that the hackers may be a cyber arm of the Shabiha militia loyal to
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, but that such a connection was
difficult to prove. (The Guardian)
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