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Al Jazeera cyberattacked ahead of show on Palestinian 'resistance'

The Qatari media giant said it was able to thwart the hacking attempts, which came just ahead of the airing of a series about Gaza-based militant groups.
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Al Jazeera said it was hit by a series of cyberattacks this week, many of which came ahead of a program about Israeli soldiers captured by Hamas.

The Qatari outlet was the target of several hacking attempts aimed at “accessing, disrupting, and controlling” some of its platforms. The cyberattacks occurred between June 5 and 8 and were thwarted, Al Jazeera Media Network said in a Wednesday statement.

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