Indian Hacking Group Targeted Critics Of Qatar FIFA World Cup: Report
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The Qatari authorities said the allegations are "patently false without merit". The 31-year-old employee of an accountancy firm who is alleged to be the mastermind denied the claims made by the Sunday Times.
An Indian hacking gang targeted critics of the Qatar World Cup, an investigation by British journalists said on Sunday, as the Qatari government furiously denied it had played any part in commissioning the eavesdropping, news agency AFP reported.
A database leaked to Britain's Sunday Times and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism revealed the hacking of a dozen lawyers, journalists, and famous people from 2019 "commissioned by one particular client", the newspaper and the bureau said in a statement.
"This investigation points strongly to this client being the host of (the) World Cup: Qatar," it said, prompting the Qatari authorities to describe the allegation as "patently false and without merit".
Among those targeted was Michel Platini, the former head of European football.
