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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Hackers mentioned that they had taken down the web site of Bahrain’s worldwide airport on Tuesday to mark the 12-year anniversary of an Arab Spring rebellion within the small Gulf nation.
An announcement posted on-line by a gaggle calling itself Al-Toufan, or “The Flood” in Arabic, claimed to have hacked the web site, which was unavailable at noon.
It posted an image of a 504 Gateway Timeout Error, saying it did the hack “in assist of the revolution of our oppressed individuals of Bahrain.”
The identical group seems to have hacked and altered articles on the web site of Akhbar Al Khaleej, a pro-government newspaper in Bahrain, hours earlier. The newspaper’s web site was nonetheless down Tuesday.
There was no speedy remark from authorities.
Feb. 14, 2011, marked the primary day of protests led by Bahrain’s Shiite majority in opposition to the Sunni monarchy. Bahrain in the end quashed the rebellion by power with the assist of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, however has continued to see sporadic unrest through the years.
Authorities have imprisoned Shiite activists, deported others, stripped tons of of their citizenship and closed down a number one unbiased newspaper.
The identical shadowy group of hackers focused authorities web sites throughout elections held in November that have been boycotted by a banned Shiite opposition group and others.