Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz meets with U.S. military leaders at the Pentagon on March 22, 2018. (DOD / Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kathryn E. Holm / Flickr) Al Jazeera journalist files lawsuit accusing Saudi, UAE crown princes of hack-and-leak The lawsuit, filed by journalist Ghada Oueiss in a Florida federal court, claims 19 defendants total were involved in a breach of her iPhone. Dec 10, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
The Al Jazeera logo. (Osama Saeed Bhutta / Flickr) Al Jazeera comes under cyberattack as Persian Gulf crisis escalates This closely follows a rash of political hacks across Persian Gulf states that triggered a diplomatic crises. Jun 8, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill
Al Jazeera English Headquarters, Doha, Qatar. (UNAOC / Paloma Haschke) Russian hackers heavily targeted news outlet in days after U.S. election, researchers say Hackers working for the Russian government sent a barrage of targeted phishing emails between 2014 and 2016 to employees of major news outlets, and they focused particularly… Apr 25, 2017 By Chris Bing