BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Kaur’s stunning 171 puts India INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2, 16 COMMENT 14, 15 Qatar’s fi nancial sector ARAB WORLD 3 BUSINESS 1-8, 10-12 in World 21,625.98 9,542.28 46.93 INTERNATIONAL 4-12 CLASSIFIED 9 remains strong despite -14.77 +39.92 -0.19 ISLAM 13 SPORT 1-8 -0.07% +0.42% -0.40% Cup fi nal Latest Figures blockade: Al-Emadi published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10521 July 21, 2017 Shawwal 27, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals FM briefs China on siege Saudi slaps curbs on In brief Qatari Haj pilgrims QATAR | Siege NHRC urges UAE to AFP It said Qataris and the country’s winners in the electronic draw for Haj Riyadh residents could join the pilgrimage as have decided to cancel their plans for protect Qataris’ rights they have been already “electronically the pilgrimage this year. The National Human Rights Committee registered for the Haj” and they had Such people have refrained from (NHRC) has identified a number of audi Arabia has imposed re- the necessary permits from Riyadh and continuing with their Haj plans as violations committed by the UAE strictions on Qataris wanting to Doha. they consider the situation to be against Qatari investors and residents. Sperform this year’s Haj pilgrim- The Haj is to take place this year at highly uncertain in view of the block- Urging the UAE authorities not to age. the beginning of September. ade imposed on Qatar, according to drag investor rights into the ongoing HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met his In a statement, the Saudi Haj min- Saudi Arabia and its allies Bahrain, the daily. political rift or to use them as a tool of Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing yesterday. They reviewed relations istry said Qatari pilgrims arriving by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates Some of the companies engaged in political pressure, the rights body said between Qatar and China and means of developing them, in addition to issues of plane must use airlines in agreement cut diplomatic ties and imposed sanc- Haj-related activities told Arrayah that these actions are a flagrant violation of mutual interest. The Foreign Minister briefed his Chinese counterpart on the latest with the Saudi authorities. tions on Doha in June, including the a good number of people have taken international conventions. developments in the Gulf crisis and the illegal measures taken against Qatar. The They also needed to get visas on ar- closure of their airspace to Qatari air- back their passports and asked them The unjust siege has aff ected the rights Foreign Minister thanked Wang Yi for the attention his country has paid to the Gulf rival in Jeddah or Medina, their sole lines. to cancel their trip due to the fear that of Qatari investors and residents of crisis and its stance that calls for dialogue, respect for international law and support points of entry in the kingdom, the Recently, an Arabic daily in Qatar re- things might not go down as smoothly Qatar who own property in the UAE . “If for Kuwaiti mediation. Page 2 ministry added. ported that a considerable number of as before. the rights of the investors continue to be violated, the committee will resort to the mechanisms of the UN”. INDIA | Politics India gets new president Ram Nath Kovind was elected India’s new president yesterday. Kovind won Qatar presents proof of the position with more than 65% of the vote by members of India’s parliament and state assemblies, the election commission said. The 71-year-old former lawyer and state governor from the Dalit community was nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party UAE role in QNA hacking for the post. The opposition Congress Party also put forward a Dalit candidate, a former parliamentary speaker Meira Cyberattack process started as early as April 19 Evidence corroborates US intelligence report Kumar.Page 9 ARAB WORLD | Protest By Ayman Adly Haniyeh calls for Staff Reporter ‘Day of Anger’ Hamas political bureau chief, Ismail ffi cials of Qatar’s Interior Minis- Haniyeh, called on the Palestinian try yesterday said they have evi- people and the Arab and Muslim people Odence to prove the cyberattack to make this Friday a ‘Day of Anger’ to on the country’s offi cial media origi- support the occupied city of Jerusalem nated from the United Arab Emirates and Al Aqsa mosque. “I appeal to our (UAE) . people everywhere to march tomorrow The attack on the website of Qatar across Palestine’s territories and in all News Agency (QNA) started as early exiles in defence of Jerusalem and Al as April 19 when professional hackers MoI off icials announcing the outcome of the technical investigation into QNA Aqsa Mosque,” Haniyeh said yesterday in began to scan the site using VPN pro- website hacking. a televised speech. Haniyeh said that the grammes to look for loopholes in the policy of closing down the mosque and system, the technical investigation team to exploit a vulnerability in the system at 00:01, the attack started and the imposing punitive measures against the of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has re- to infi ltrate and instal malicious soft- fabricated news attributing false people of Jerusalem and the holy sites vealed. ware. “The weakness in the system was statements to His Highness the Emir will never pass. Page 3 The role of the UAE in the hacking has shared with another person through Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani now been widely reported both locally Skype at 5.45am from an iPhone with an were published. Again for 15 minutes, QATAR | Telecom and internationally, and also confi rmed IP address of one of the siege countries. the website experienced a surge in the Vodafone 3G by multiple American intelligence agen- Accordingly, the hackers managed to number of visits — 41 visits — origi- cies. Both the Washington Post and NBC instal sophisticated malicious software nating from the UAE in particular. The fully restored News, quoting US intelligence offi cials, on QNA website to gain full access to hike in the number of visits showed the He stressed it is clear that the quality to the hacking to the UAE. As well, the Vodafone Qatar has now fully restored have said the UAE arranged hacking of the site. On April 28, hackers were able hackers’ eagerness to make sure that of the hacking was so professional that it technical team could reach a European the company’s 3G network, with voice Qatari media. to get the passwords and e-mails of all the planted news had been circulated. had to have “state resources” behind the telephone number that was used for the and data services, including calls and The Post reported on Sunday that in- QNA employees which were shared with Besides, all social media platforms of operation. hacking process. SMS to/from other networks, running formation from US intelligence offi cials a person through Skype from a machine QNA were hacked for the same pur- Lieutenant Colonel Ali Mohamed al- However, he affi rmed that his team smoothly. Vodafone is continuing showed that senior UAE government with an IP address in one of the block- pose (posting fake news).” Mohannadi, Director of the Technol- was concerned only with the collection to work towards the remaining offi cials discussed the planned hacks on ading countries. Another log on by the Captain al-Hammoud said the hack ogy Aff airs Department at the National of technical evidence and the probe was restoration of 4G services as soon as May 23, the day before the alleged hack- hackers from the same IP address took was contained as early as 3am on the Command Centre (NCC) and head of the supported by teams of friendly coun- possible, the company said in a press ing occurred. place on May 20 to make the fi nal prepa- same day, and by 7pm full control of the investigation team, said that the identi- tries. release. On Monday 17 July Vodafone Speaking at a press conference at MoI ration for the planned attack. QNA website and its social media plat- fi cation of the persons who browsed the “The outcomes of the investigation Qatar experienced a major network Headquarters, Captain Othman Salem “On May 23, the QNA website saw forms was regained. The cyberattacks website is an easy process, which hap- have been already submitted to the At- outage with their Home Location al-Hammoud, Assistant Director of an unusual hike in the number of lasted for about three hours, from late pened at a location in the UAE. torney General and the process of fi ling Register (HLR), a key hardware MoI Information Security Department, visits, as many as 45 visits in just 15 at night on May 24 to the early hours of Investigators also have traced the a case against the involved has already component of their core network. said that on April 22 hackers were able minutes, during 23:45-00:01. Then May 25. IP (Internet protocol) address linked been started.” To Page 2 Erdogan’s Gulf tour refl ects determination to resolve crisis Turkish President to In an interview with Al Sharq news- that it is unacceptable for the siege ple and gave no chance for a solution Aktay warned of the repercussions paper, Aktay said that since the be- countries to demand Qatar to sever or dialogue. of the crisis, stressing that Israel is the arrive in Doha on Monday ginning of the crisis, Turkey has been its relationship with any particular As for whether all the parties to the real benefi ciary and then the dictatorial seeking to solve the dispute in various country.