Commander of Royal Saudi Naval Forces Heads Delegation to MADEX 2023 in South Korea

Commander of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces Lieutenant General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Ghafili and other officials at MADEX 2023. (Saudi Ministry of Defense)
Commander of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces Lieutenant General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Ghafili and other officials at MADEX 2023. (Saudi Ministry of Defense)
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Commander of Royal Saudi Naval Forces Heads Delegation to MADEX 2023 in South Korea

Commander of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces Lieutenant General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Ghafili and other officials at MADEX 2023. (Saudi Ministry of Defense)
Commander of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces Lieutenant General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Ghafili and other officials at MADEX 2023. (Saudi Ministry of Defense)

Commander of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces Lieutenant General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Ghafili headed a delegation from Ministry of Defense to the International Maritime Defense Industry Exhibition (MADEX 2023) in the Republic of Korea, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Saturday.

Al-Ghafili and his accompanying delegation toured the exhibition and were briefed about the various pavilions and platforms of companies specialized in maritime defense, in addition to the latest systems and modern defense technologies.

On the sidelines of the MADEX, Al-Ghafili met with South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, along with several heads of the delegations of the participating brotherly and friendly countries.

He also met with the Chief of Naval Operations of the Republic of Korea Navy, Admiral Lee Jong-Ho with whom he discussed cooperation and joint coordination in the military and defense field and ways to enhance it, in addition to discussing several issues of common concern.



Kuwait Court Drops Case Against Notorious Pentagon Hacker

Palace of Justice in Kuwait
Palace of Justice in Kuwait
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Kuwait Court Drops Case Against Notorious Pentagon Hacker

Palace of Justice in Kuwait
Palace of Justice in Kuwait

The Kuwaiti Court of Cassation upheld on Sunday the dismissal of criminal charges against a notorious Kuwaiti hacker who had infiltrated hundreds of websites around the world, including the US Department of Defense’s (Pentagon) website.
The Court of Cassation, the highest judicial authority, affirmed a previous ruling by the Court of Appeals that the 28-year-old defendant could not be prosecuted for the allegations in this case, which occurred 10 years ago.
The accused faced criminal charges related to his hacking of the US Department of Defense website, accessing sensitive weapon sites, and infiltrating 200 American websites, with the information being published in 2011.
On October 9, 2023, the Criminal Court dropped the criminal case against the hacker accused of breaking into global websites, including the Pentagon’s website.
The court’s decision to drop the charges against the hacker was based on the principle that the accused could not be tried for accusations committed over 10 years ago, as the acts were carried out from 2010 to 2012.
The charge of endangering Kuwait’s potential to sever relations by hacking the US Department of Defense website was also dismissed.
The prosecution had accused the defendant of hacking more than 200 sites, some of which contained confidential information belonging to the US.
The hacker was also accused of deceitfully appropriating money through fraud by marketing his website post-hack to attract victims to subscribe and browse the website.