Groups hack Al Arabiya website

Dubai: The website of Al Arabiya news channel was hacked on Friday by Shiite groups in an apparent tit-for-tat response to recent attacks on Shiite websites by Sunni hackers. The website's main page was replaced by a political message and a warning. "SERIOUS WARNING: If attacks on Shia websites continue, none of your WebSites will be SAFE," read the statement in Arabic and English under a burning Israeli flag. The hacking attacks are said to have increased after a strongly-worded Ram-adan statement by prominent Sunni cleric Yousuf Al Qaradawi, warning Shiites not to proselytise in Sunni-majority countries. Meanwhile, Gulf News has learned that Mohammad Al Mulla, Director of Dubai Media City, had sent a letter to Abdul Rahman Bin Rashid, head of the Al Arabiya channel, in June this year advising that the channel should take a... [read full story]