published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-08-05 08:43
Hackers took over the blogging platform of the Reuters news agency and posted "fabricated" stories said to include an interview with a Syrian rebel leader, the company said Friday.
"Reuters.com was a target of a hack on Friday," said a statement from parent firm Thomson Reuters.
"Our blogging platform was compromised and fabricated blog posts were falsely attributed to several Reuters journalists."
Source and full story: Express Tribune / AFP, 4 August 2012