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Hackers posing as journalists target dissident Saudi reporter Ali Al-Ahmed (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News November 10, 2018

This kind of attack, mixing phishing and the theft of journalists' identities, undermines trust in the media and at the same time endangers the sources of those who are targeted.
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