An American information outlet has been hacked by Iraqi hackers in response to a journalist evaluating Iraq unfavorably to Ukraine.
Final week, CBS featured a reporter within the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, who spoke concerning the Russian invasion of the nation. He mentioned that Ukraine has been comparatively peaceable all through historical past, in contrast to Iraq.
“This isn’t a spot, with all due respect, like Iraq or Afghanistan that has seen battle raging for many years. This can be a comparatively civilized … metropolis,” said the reporter.
On March 2, hackers quickly assumed management of CBS’ web site and posted messages praising Iraqi civilization. One picture learn “Iraq got here, then historical past got here,” the Iraqi News Agency reported. The picture additionally circulated on Iraqi social media.
The reporter apologized for his remarks. In response, CBS was hacked once more as we speak by a hacker who demanded an apology from the community as a complete. He additionally posted an image of the Iraqi flag on the web site, Al-Monitor contributor Saman Dawod reported.
The ordeal created a stir on Iraqi social media. The Erbil-based radio station Babylon FM posted one of many hackers’ photos on Fb as we speak. The image confirmed a Mesopotamian construction with the caption “uncivilized.”
Iraq is commonly dubbed the “cradle of civilization” and is among the oldest inhabited locations on Earth. The usage of forex traces again to historic Mesopotamia, for instance.
There have been a number of comparisons of the Russian invasion of Ukraine to wars within the Center East. Final week, a French journalist said, “We’re not speaking right here about Syrians fleeing the bombing of the Syrian regime backed by Putin; we’re speaking about Europeans leaving in vehicles that appear to be ours to avoid wasting their lives,” in response to Ukrainians fleeing their houses by automotive.
The Iraqi Kurdish information outlet Rudaw published an article final week criticizing among the comparisons.
A number of the comparisons haven’t been truthful. Concerning the CBS reporter’s feedback, Ukraine was truly at struggle with Russia for a number of years earlier than final week’s invasion.
A number of articles in Western media have additionally dubbed the struggle in Ukraine the world’s “first social media struggle.” The Syrian civil struggle, which started in 2011, has been widely documented on social media, nonetheless.
