Qatar says news agency hacking linked to states boycotting Doha


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 21 Jun 2017

Qatar has accused neighbouring countries, which have cut ties with it, of being behind the alleged cyber attack on Doha's state media which set into motion the current diplomatic crisis. Pictured is Maari.

DOHA: Qatar's attorney general said on Tuesday his country has evidence that the hacking of Qatar's state news agency was linked to countries that have severed ties with Doha. 

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates cut their ties with Doha earlier this month over comments alleged to have been made by the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and posted briefly on the Qatar News Agency's website on May 23 which Doha said had been hacked.

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