Hackers attacked the Bahrain airport on the anniversary of the start of riots as part of the Arab Spring in that country, the agency reported. Bloomberg.
Al-Tufan (Arabic for “flood”) hackers hacked into the airport’s website, which has been down for at least half an hour. Instead of information, a call was issued in which the hackers stated that they were hacking “to support the revolution of our oppressed Bahraini people”.
The same hackers are believed to be responsible for hacking the website of the Akhbar Al Khaleej newspaper.
Mass protests broke out in Bahrain on February 14, 2011, demanding an improvement in the human rights situation. At the same time, the country occupies a special position among the Arab monarchies in the Persian Gulf. Bahrain is home to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet. In addition, the fact that the majority of Bahrain’s population is Shiite and the ruling and political elites are Sunni also created tensions.
The White House strategy here was the exact opposite of what the Americans were doing in unrest in other Arab countries – mostly in the material.socialbites.ca» from the project »The Price of the Arab Spring“.