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Reuters blogging platform hacked, false Saudi blog posted Aug 15th 2012, 12:25 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Syrian rebels call for no-fly zone Sun, Aug 12 2012 Disinformation flies in Syria's growing cyber war Tue, Aug 7 2012 Reuters blogging platform hacked, false Syria blog posted Fri, Aug 3 2012 UK PM's ex-media boss, friend to face charges for hacking Tue, Jul 24 2012 Analysis & Opinion President Obama’s imbalanced view on journalism Church of England loses faith in shares of Murdoch's News Corp A man walks near a Thomson Reuters logo at the Thomson Reuters building in Canary Wharf in east London May 7, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Toby Melville DUBAI | Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:25am EDT DUBAI (Reuters) - 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. 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. (Reporting by Andrew Torchia, Editing by Michael Stott) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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