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Malaysia Airline Official website compromised

A group calling itself “Official Cyber Caliphate” said it hacked the official website of national carrier, Malaysia Airlines (MAS), on Monday, while the airline said … Continue reading Malaysia Airline Official website compromised


malaysiaA group calling itself “Official Cyber Caliphate” said it hacked the official website of national carrier, Malaysia Airlines (MAS), on Monday, while the airline said its data servers remained intact and passenger bookings were not affected.

The website, www.malaysiaairlines.com, is alleged to show a photograph of a lizard in a top hat, surrounded by the messages ‘404 – Plane Not Found’ and ‘Hacked by Lizard Squad.

In reaction to this, MAS said the website was not hacked, but users were redirected to a hacker website. It reassured that the official site would be back up within 22 hours.

Malaysia Airlines assured website visitors that its website was not hacked and that the temporary defect did not affect bookings. It said user data remained secured.

Reports said the hacked website had earlier carried the words “ISIS will prevail” but the slogan could no longer be seen. ISIS is the acronym of the Militant Islamic State group that has proclaimed a caliphate after seizing territory in Iraq and Syria.

Lizard Squad claimed on Twitter that it would release data from Malaysia Airlines, but did not specify.

It was later discovered that the www.malaysiaairline.com was only compromised and not hacked, information remained intact and the view was as it were before.