Saudi paper hacked by foreigners

Riyadh : Hackers from outside Saudi Arabia seized control of a major newspaper website in the kingdom on Thursday and published false news about its military operation in Yemen, the paper said.

The fake report on Al-Watan was picked up by a number of Arabic news sites loyal to Shiite-dominated Iran.

“The newspaper online site was subject to hacking at 9:20 on Thursday morning (0620 GMT) by hostile groups from outside the kingdom,” the newspaper said in a
statement.

“They were able to control the site for a period of time and published false news” including a fake statement by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, it said. (AFP)