Reuters Blogging Platform Hacked, False Saudi Blog Posted

Aug 15, 2012 08:29 AM EDT

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The blogging platform of the Reuters News website was hacked on Wednesday and a false posting saying Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal had died was illegally posted on a Reuters journalist's blog, the company said.

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Reuters News did not report the false story and the fabricated posting on reuters.com has been deleted.

Reuters had no immediate information on who was behind the hacking.

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