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Egyptian website claims remarks against Jordan a ‘hack’

By JT - May 05,2017 - Last updated at May 05,2017

AMMAN — Egyptian Shorouk newspaper announced that its news website had been hacked on Wednesday, the Jordan News Agency, Petra,  on Thursday quoted Akeed, an online portal dedicated to monitoring the credibility of media.

The hacking resulted in an article which claimed  that the Qatari ambassador in Amman made negative remarks against the Kingdom, which Shorouk insists was a hoax. While the news was ignored by Jordanian news outlets, many other Arab outlets published the story.  

 

 

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