Hackers target al-Jazeera as Qatar crisis deepens

Move targeting kingdom's major broadcaster comes amid diplomatic standoff with fellow Arab states

Pan-Arab satellite network al-Jazeera is fighting a large-scale cyber-attack but remained fully operational, a company source said on Thursday.

"There were attempts made on the cybersecurity of al-Jazeera but we are combatting them," said a senior employee who declined to be named.