...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
-based broadcaster al-Jazeera said Thursday that it was under a widescale cyber attack which had targeted "all systems", according to a statement released on social media by the broadcaster.
"Al Jazeera Media Network under cyber attack on all systems, websites & social media platforms," it said on Twitter.
The attack was also confirmed by a source at al-Jazeera, who said the broadcaster was attempting to repel the hack.
"An attempt has been made, and we are trying to battle it," said the source.
Following the initial reports of a cyber attack, some viewers in the region said they could no longer receive al-Jazeera television.
Al-Jazeera
... an Arab news network headquartered in Qatar, notorious for carrying al-Qaeda press releases. The name means the Peninsula,as in the Arabian Peninsula. In recent years it has settled in to become slightly less biased than MSNBC, in about the same category as BBC or CBS...
, one of the largest news organizations in the world, has long been a source of conflict between Qatar and its neighbours, who accuse the broadcaster of bias and fomenting trouble in the region.