MALAYSIA Airlines confirms that its Domain Name System (DNS) has been compromised where users are re-directed to a hacker website when www.malaysiaairlines.com URL is keyed in.
At this stage, Malaysia Airlines’ web servers are intact.
The airline has resolved the issue with its service provider and the system is expected to be fully recovered within 22 hours.
The matter has also been immediately reported to CyberSecurity Malaysia and the Ministry of Transport.
Malaysia Airlines assures customers and clients that its website was not hacked and this temporary glitch does not affect their bookings and that user data remains secured.
One of the messages left behind by hackers on the Malaysia Airlines’ website.
MALAYSIA AIRLINES website has been hacked.
Hackers calling itself ‘Cyber Caliphate’ as well as Lizard Squad have hacked the website of Malaysia Airlines.
The group is believed to be aligned with the Islamic State extremist group.
The browser window of the website, www.malaysiaairlines.com, said “ISIS WILL PREVAIL” and the airline’s ticket booking and other services were unavailable. Instead, a full-screen picture of a Malaysia Airlines Airbus Group N.V. A380 plane and the messages “404 – Plane Not Found,” and “Hacked by Cyber Caliphate,” were displayed on the home page.
The airlines is still recovering from the loss of two aircraft last year that left 537 people dead or missing.
Earlier this month, hackers claiming to be similarly aligned with the Islamic State extremist group took control of the U.S. Central Command’s primary Twitter and YouTube accounts, posting office phone numbers of top military officers and what they said were confidential military documents. – Agencies