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Comment: Social media played an important role in the Arab uprisings, but over the last decade, authoritarian regimes have embraced this technology for their repressive agendas, writes Marc Owen Jones.
A controversial policy update by messaging service WhatsApp has prompted anger in Turkey where authorities are investigating a suspected breach of privacy.
Hackers hit Hezbollah lender Qard al-Hasan, leak accounts data
The Hezbollah-affiliated financial foundation was hacked by a group that has published what it claims to be leaked databases of lenders and borrowers.
US court summons MbS, MbZ over Al-Jazeera reporter hacking
The Lebanese journalist is suing Saudi and UAE rulers after her private photos were leaked in an alleged hack to smear campaign.
Iran-linked hacking group infiltrates Israeli cyber security firm
Just days earlier, the Pay2Key group breached the systems of Israel Aerospace Industries.
Distributors 'wouldn't touch' Khashoggi documentary, director says
Bryan Fogel says media companies 'look the other way' when it comes to Saudi rights abuses.
'Abusive texts' sparked discovery of suspected UAE-Saudi Aljazeera hack
Al Jazeera’s IT team, who also examined the phone, found the same spyware on the phones of 35 other staff members.
Tech giants join Facebook lawsuit against Israeli spyware company
Tech giants including Microsoft and Google have described NSO's spyware tools, revealed on Monday for their involvement in the hacking of ...
Dozens of Al-Jazeera journalists hacked using Israeli spyware
A report from the Citizen Lab communications research group says that 36 Al-Jazeera employees and one Al-Araby TV journalist were targeted by a ...
US planning to close last consulates in Russia
The US will close its consulate in the far eastern city of Vladivostok and suspend operations at its post in Yekaterinburg.
Pompeo blames Russia for massive US cyberattack
US Secretary of State Pompeo has blamed Russia for a massive cyberattack on several US government agencies.
Trump Twitter account hacked, no charges: Dutch prosecutors
A man reportedly broke into US President Donald Trump's Twitter account after 'guessing' his password.
Israeli hacking firm says it can break into Signal
Israeli tech firm Cellebrite, which has been criticised for selling surveillance technology to authoritarian states, says it can now ...
Trump campaign website broken into by hackers
Hackers broke into Trump's campaign website saying 'he world has had enough of the fake-news spreaded daily by president donald j trump.'
US caught Iranian hackers through 'dumb mistake'
'Either they made a dumb mistake or wanted to get caught,' said an anonymous senior US government official.
Iran says cyber attack targeted country's ports
The cyber attacks targeting Iranian ports and another government institution have been blamed on the Islamic Republic's 'sworn enemies'.
Iran hackers 'bypassing Whatsapp encryption' to target dissent: reports
The reports point to major technological strides for Iran's cyberespionage capabilities.
Israeli intel firm 'hacked phone at Saudi Arabia's request'
An employee of Israeli company Cellebrite flew to Riyadh last year in order to hack into a Samsung phone at the request of the Saudi ...
UN nuclear watchdog to visit second Iran site soon
Inspectors from the UN's nuclear watchdog are expected to visit the second of two sites in Iran in a few days.
Iran says US vote hack allegation 'absurd'
The US 'is in no place to make such absurd claims,' Iran's state media said following Microsoft's allegations that US presidential campaigns had ...
Israel 'encouraged' sale of Pegasus spyware to UAE: report
Israeli officials helped market and mediate between notorious spyware company NSO and Gulf regimes including UAE and Saudi Arabia, where it has ...
Israel, UAE sign memorandum on internal security cooperation
Israel and the UAE have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in internal security, just one week after they reached a ...
Netanyahu deletes tweet calling UAE 'advanced democracy' amid backlash
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deleted a tweet in which he posted a video claiming Israel and the UAE are advanced democracies after ...
UAE-linked accounts urge crackdown on Israel peace deal critics
Twitter accounts linked to the UAE government have threatened social media critics of a recent peace deal with Israel with punishment and ...
India has become the third country to surpass one million Covid-19 cases.
Saudi prince Mohammed bin Nayef, jailed earlier this year, is facing major corruption charges.
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