Doubtful portals with content in Albanian published yesterday (October 19) an article titled "Albania is attacked again, the first details."
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has determined that the title of this article is biased and does not correspond to the content.
During research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info found that these suspicious portals, this article, turned out to have taken it from the online portal "Faxweb.al", which they then changed the title of.
The title of the article published by “Faxweb.al” raises the question of whether the collapse of the TIMS system at Albanian border points was caused by a repeated cyber attack. The question raised by “Faxweb.al” is based on this medium's information sources from Albania.
Links to the article published on the dubious portals "seedoof.com", "onlinenews54.com" and "laberianews.com":
This article with a tendentious title was also shared on the social network Facebook by the pages "33shi.com","Endless Humor Alb”And“Laberia News".
Hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic article published by the online portal "Faxweb.al", which bears the title "Albania again a victim of cyber attacks? The TIMS system at the country's border points falls". (see here)
The dilemma raised by “Faxweb.al” is based on previous cyber attacks that Albania has faced, mainly in recent months. (see here, here and here)
However, after "Faxweb.al" reported on the downfall of the TIMS system, it was the Albanian Police that reacted by clarifying the dilemma.
This institution has denied claims published, according to it, in the media, that "the TIMS system went out of operation the night before due to a cyber attack, but that this happened after maintenance was carried out on this system." (see here)
Analyze:
Suspicious portals have published an article taken from "Faxweb.al" about the possibility of the TIMS system at Albanian border points being down due to a cyber attack.
However, these portals have titled this article with the unfounded claim that "Albania is being attacked again."
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.