Bloomberg, Bahrain accused Iranian computer hackers of breaching the Housing Ministry’s website in an attempt to access data, which lists the names of people receiving housing services, the Bahrain News Agency said.
The hackers failed to “carry out this criminal act, which testifies to their latent rancor,” the state-owned news service said, citing a statement from the ministry. The government denied that the data had been leaked, it said.
Bahrain’s Sunni-led monarchy declared on March 15 a three- month state of emergency after Saudi-led Gulf troops arrived to help quell mainly Shiite demands for democracy and civil rights. The government has accused Iran of interfering in its internal affairs since the protests started in the Persian Gulf country.
On April 25, Bahrain asked Iranian diplomat Heget Elah Rahmani to leave the country in 72 hours over alleged ties with a spy network operating in Kuwait, according to the news agency.
