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Al Arabiya's Twitter & Facebook accounts hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Social networking accounts belong to Al-Arabiya, one of the leading satellite news channels in the Middle East, hacked by Syrian Electronic Army(SEA) and posted false news on the company's behalf.

According to the official report, Hackers posted news about an explosion at a Qatari natural gas field that killed dozens of people. A story about a coup in Qatar was also published.


Hackers also posted a story reporting a series of explosions in the Syrian city of Tartus and another alleging that international observers had been shot on their way out of Homs.

"Al Arabiya’s accounts on social networking accounts have been subjected to several hacking attempts by the Syrian Electronic Army for covering anti-regime demonstrations and exposing the brutality Bashar al-Assad’s regime. " The report reads.

This is the not the first time Al Arabiya being hacked. On march 27, hackers affiliated to Assad’s electronic army hacked the account of Al Arabiya English on Facebook, but it was restored a few hours later.



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