US intelligence agencies believe that Russian hackers hacked the site of the state news agency of Qatar and placed there a fake news report that provoked a crisis in the relations of this state with its neighbors. This is reported by CNN. According to the television channel, the FBI sent a group of investigators to Doha to help the government of Qatar investigate the alleged burglary incident. The information gathered by the US intelligence agencies indicates that behind the invasion Russian hackers, notes CNN. As noted, the alleged involvement of Russian hackers reinforces the concern of intelligence and law enforcement agencies of the United States that Russia is trying to commit the same actions for cyber allies. According to officials, the goal of Russia, apparently, is to cause a split between the US and its allies. Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said that the FBI confirmed the version of hacking and posting fake news. "Everything that was cast as a charge is based on disinformation, and we think that the whole crisis is based on disinformation," he said.. On Monday, June 5, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Qatar. They accused Doha of supporting terrorist organizations, including the "Islamic State" and "Al Qaeda" banned in Russia, as well as destabilizing the domestic political situation in these Arab states. On the same day, they were joined by Yemen, Libya, Maldives and Mauritius. On June 6, Jordan lowered the level of relations with Qatar, and Mauritania announced their rupture. The conflict occurred a week after the summit of the Persian Gulf countries and the United States in Riyadh, when the Qatari news agency placed on behalf of the emir speech in support of building relations with Iran. Saudi Arabia at the summit in Riyadh on behalf of all guests of the meeting condemned Iran for its hostile policies and threatened with an adequate response. Later, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar said that the agency's site was hacked and the speech on behalf of the emir was published by hackers and has nothing to do with the Qatari leader. At the same time, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain considered the refutation unconvincing and continue to insist that the words about the normalization of relations with Iran do belong to the emir.

Original article: The Russian hackers were credited with the Qatari crisis that caused the "hacking of the news agency".