nsane.forums Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Thomson Reuters has confirmed the Reuters News blogging platform was hacked and that a false interview with a Syrian rebel leader was posted. The Reuters blogging website has been taken down to fix the problem. Thomson Reuters was hacked on Friday. The publication's blogging platform was breached and a false story about an alleged interview with a Syrian rebel leader was posted, the company has confirmed. "Reuters.com was a target of a hack on Friday," the company said in a statement. "Our blogging platform was compromised and fabricated blog posts were falsely attributed to several Reuters journalists. Reuters did not carry out such an interview and the posting has been deleted." The phony interview was with Riad al-Assad, the head of the Free Syrian Army, who apparently said his forces were pulling back from the northern province of Aleppo after repeated battles with the Syrian Army. As far as we know, this is completely false. The Free Syrian Army issued a statement saying that the interview never took place and blamed President Bashar al-Assad's government for planting the story. "(It) was fabricated by the regime, as it seems the news agency was hacked," the statement said. While Reuters confirmed the hack, the firm said it does not yet have any information on the party responsible for the fake news. The publication took down its blogging platform on Friday to fix the problem. A quick check shows that blogs.reuters.com is indeed down at the time of writing. We've seen this happen before: Al Arabiya Facebook Page hacked, fake Syria news posted. A Facebook Page is one thing, however, and a major website like Reuters is a completely different one. The ongoing massive uprising in Syria began in January 2011, as part of the wider Arab Spring. The opposition is dominated by Sunni Muslims, whereas the leading government figures are Alawite Muslims. Protesters are demanding the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad, want to overthrow his government, and are looking to end nearly five decades of Ba'ath Party rule. In response, the Syrian government has deployed the Syrian Army, resulting in the death of more than 10,000 civilians and soldiers. Many more have been injured, and tens of thousands of protesters have been imprisoned. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bashar Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Syria under assad always put the blame on fabrication , i found it to be funny to play your own game !FSA is still in aleppo , last night they targeted a big place , but they couldn't succeed because of the AIR supportAIR support was shelling for almost 2 hrs !!!!right now as i'm speaking , Air forces are shelling heavilyGod be with syrians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety.Abd Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Syria under assad always put the blame on fabrication , i found it to be funny to play your own game ! FSA is still in aleppo , last night they targeted a big place , but they couldn't succeed because of the AIR support AIR support was shelling for almost 2 hrs !!!! right now as i'm speaking , Air forces are shelling heavily God be with syrians My prayers are with you and all the innocent Syrian people fighting for their freedom. I cannot even start to imagine how it would feel like to be in Aleppo right now, I hope its residents be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowx Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Hope the people are still alive, lets pray for their safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Syria under assad always put the blame on fabrication , i found it to be funny to play your own game ! FSA is still in aleppo , last night they targeted a big place , but they couldn't succeed because of the AIR support AIR support was shelling for almost 2 hrs !!!! right now as i'm speaking , Air forces are shelling heavily God be with syrians bashar you doing okay over there? sinc eyou are inside the county whats the actually views of what is going on with everything involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 A quick check shows that blogs.reuters.com is indeed down at the time of writing.It's back in action now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bashar Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Syria under assad always put the blame on fabrication , i found it to be funny to play your own game ! FSA is still in aleppo , last night they targeted a big place , but they couldn't succeed because of the AIR support AIR support was shelling for almost 2 hrs !!!! right now as i'm speaking , Air forces are shelling heavily God be with syrians bashar you doing okay over there? sinc eyou are inside the county whats the actually views of what is going on with everything involved?yes i'm still ok and living Yes i'm still inside aleppo , where big battles are going on what do i have to tell you , we have no diesel , GAS , Petrol , electricity is bad , mobile phone were off for 3 days (some areas say byebye to phones ) they also cut the internet for like 3 days now back with alot of problems queues on the bread stores are very very Very long . systematic assault on everything human beings in aleppo from the goverment . from the other side , FSA is capturing like 60-70% of the city , the shelling is going on all day long , including air support + artillery + tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.