Script Kiddies behind the crisis in Qatar? Last week, Qatar's state television station was hit by hackers thereby spreading false information. As it turns out the hack may have been the work of "script kiddies".
The hack of the Qatari news agency and TV station was "extremely easy to carry out," sources told Motherboard, which allowed the attack to occur with very little effort on the part of the hackers.
The situation this hack created was dire. On May 23, the Qatar News Agency reported that the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamin Al Thani, said that Iran was an Islamic power that could not be ignored. Given the tensions in region, αυτό το σχόλιο προκάλεσε ποικίλες αντιδράσεις στις κοντινές χώρες.
The problem, of course, was that Emir had not mentioned anything like that and the information had been "planted" by the hackers, who seem to have gone a step further after hacking into the station's Twitter, posting more false statements attributed to his Foreign Minister. Qatar
Motherboard cites a source familiar with the hack who said the agency news could "it always belongs to script kiddiesSince there was virtually no security.
Attackers allegedly gained control over the entire server, content management system and all accounts of social media.
The government's communications office said the statements were false but the damage has been done. Qatar's relationship with neighboring countries is now more intense than ever. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt withdrew their ambassadors, while other countries are also thinking.
Flights from these countries to Qatar have been blocked.
