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Hackers force Arab TV station to change domain name

Sectarian cyber warfare in the Middle East has claimed its highest-profile victim yet, forcing a leading pan-Arab TV station to change its domain name reports The Guardian. "Al-Arabiya Television, based in Dubai, is taking legal action in the US to prevent further hacking after its website was hit by 'organized cyber piracy by extremists,' the channel said at the weekend."

The full report in The Guardian is available at www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/13/middleeast-internet.
 
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