{"id":6246,"date":"2017-06-26T06:02:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T06:02:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-06-26T06:02:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T06:02:38","slug":"a-cyber-hacking-group-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/a-cyber-hacking-group-skype\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cyber Hacking Group Has Claimed Responsibility For Skype Outage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Even though Skype reported on their website that it has been blocked in the UAE, it may be related to a hacking incident that affected other countries in the past week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The service has also been disrupted in\u00a0Singapore, India, Pakistan and South Africa.<\/p>\n

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority most recently issued a statement<\/a> on the matter last week. Skype previously had a license to operate in the UAE so it would be unusual\u00a0for that to have changed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201c(We are) aware of an incident where users will either lose connectivity to the application or may be unable to send or receive messages.\u201d<\/p>\n

Microsoft Satement<\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A hacking group seem to have taken credit for the issue<\/h3>\n
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Skype down by CyberTeam<\/p>\n

Hello World !!!#SkypeDown<\/a> – #SkypeOff<\/a> – #CyberTeam<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CyberTeam (@_CyberTeam_) June 19, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Skype confirmed on their website that it was blocked in the UAE<\/h3>\n

More details here<\/a> .\u00a0We await to see if this is a UAE imposed a ban or whether it is the result of a hacking incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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