Hackers cripple Al Jazeera sites

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday March 28, 2003 03:30 by Shakkow

Freedom of press under atack

As of a couple of hours ago users of the english Al Jazeera website have been re-directed to a site with an American flag with the words "Let freedom ring" emblazoned across it. The Arabic site users are being directed to a porn site. Jihad Ali Ballout, a spokesman for al-Jazeera described the attack as "a frontal, vicious attack on freedom of the press" and urged anyone with information about the hackers to contact authorities. He says that it will be a few weeks before the english language service will be able to resume.