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Reuters Hacked Again, Saudi Minister “Dies” in Phony Blog Post

August 16, 2012
2 Min Read

Hackers breached Reuters News’ blogging platform and a phony message claiming Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal had died was illicitly posted, Reuters said.

“Reuters did not report the false story and the post was immediately deleted,” Barb Burg, director of global communications at Reuters News, said in a statement. “We are working to address the problem.”

This is the second time this month that the blogging platform has been hacked. On August 3, the news company shut its platform temporarily after it was compromised with fake reports citing military setbacks for the rebel group Free Syrian Army which fights Assad regime.

Reuters also suspended a Twitter account at the beginning of the month after it started to promote fabricated tweets purportedly coming from journalists. Attackers broke the Reuters Tech account, renamed it “TechMe,” and posted false messages about the Syrian rebels’ defeat.

All the incidents remain under investigation, and Reuters said it had no immediate information on who was behind the hackings.

The news follows a report released by the Electronic Frontier Foundation with new evidence of malware attacks targeting Syrian dissidents with fake security software. The watchdog group warned that “AntiHacker” allegedly installs DarkComet Remote Access Trojan to spy on Syrian activists.

TagsAntihacking tool Barb Burg DarkComet death prank fake Twitter account Foreign Minister hackers Hacking malware Prince Saud al-Faisal Remote Access Trojan reuters hacked reuters news Reuters Tech account saudi arabia spyware Syrian rebels TechMe

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Bianca Stanescu, the fiercest warrior princess in the Bitdefender news palace, is a down-to-earth journalist, who's always on to a cybertrendy story. She's the industry news guru, who'll always keep a close eye on the AV movers and shakers and report their deeds from a fresh new perspective. Proud mother of one, she covers parental control topics, with a view to valiantly cutting a safe path for children through the Internet thicket. She likes to let words and facts speak for themselves.

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