1/3/2021- 10:53 p.m.
‘Hackers’ put ominous warning on Jerusalem Post’s homepage – on anniversary of Soleimani assassination
The Israeli outlet’s homepage was briefly replaced with an image illustrating a missile strike, with the apparent hack coming on the anniversary of the US killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
The newspaper has framed the incident as a “direct threat to Israel.”
The image showed a missile shooting out of a ring similar to the one worn by the late Iranian general, and was accompanied by the caption, “We are close to you where you do not think about it.”
“We are aware of the apparent hacking of our website, alongside a direct threat of Israel,” tweeted the Jerusalem Post, adding that staff were “working to resolve the issue.” Shortly thereafter, the website went back online.
The incident took place exactly two years after Soleimani was assassinated in Iraq by an American drone strike on the orders of then-US President Donald Trump.
