The cybersecurity breach Qatar National Bank (QNB) had happened in 2016. Specifically, QNB suffered from an enormous data leak, which

affected numerous customers, government representatives, and media outlets as a result. Although it is not publicly disclosed, but sources stated

that the attackers used SQL injection as one of the modes to attack and breach. The attackers used this to break into the poorly-protected

documents within QNB, providing them access to credit card information, even with passwords and PINs. The data the attackers had access to

totaled up to a whopping 1.4 gigabytes of information. This was extremely likely due to the fact that, according to sources, about 15,500

documents are not encrypted and in the form of clear text. Thus, this gave the attackers an easier job in gathering data by only focusing on how to

breach instead of how to decrypt information. This was a major red flag from QNB and they should reconsider their approach in keeping data

safeguarded, especially while being a large bank company. The large amount of data stolen was then, according to sources, posted online on the

website Cryptome, in which the data was indeed verified to be legitimate. This of course impacted the customers of QNB the most, but it also

impacted the bank's reputation as a result. Fortunately, they stated that there was no financial damage that occured and contacted affected

customers. It was likely that they investigated about this breach through the Cryptome website, considering the verification of the leaked data's

legitimacy. Of course, it could have also rooted from affected customers speaking up about their data being leaked, therefore bringing more

attention on this case for further investigations.

Between the timespan of 4 days, specifically between June 5 and 8, 2021, the Qatar-based news provider, Al Jazeera, suffered series of severe

cyberattacks. These cyberattacks included DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service), hijacking, and even malware. Attackers attempted this with a

main goal of breaking into the system, disrupt its regular functioning, and also control news outlets. According to sources, the attackers used an

exploit chain named "Kismet" which was a part of the "Pegasus" spyware sold by the surveillance firm NSO Group. Of course, this cyberattack

will have the biggest impact on Al Jazeera and its team themselves, considering multiple accounts were hijacked, preventing traffic from arriving,

etc. However, this would also have some impacts to the consumers of Al Jazeera's news, considering the DDoS attack may have caused Al Jazeera

to delay some news broadcasting from the public as they essentially have better issues to solve. Fortunately, this was quickly investigated from the

obvious modes of cyberattack mentioned earlier (DDoSing, etc.), and the IT service provider managed to control the attacks with the attackers

failing to reach their goals.