Internet users were denied access to Google Inc’s Malaysia website on Tuesday, and were redirected to a hacked page saying “Google Malaysia Hacked by Tiger-Mate #Bangladeshi Hacker”.
The company has reached out to the organization that manages the domain name to resolve the issue, MYNIC, a Google Malaysia spokesperson said in a statement to Reuters.
MYNIC is operated by the country’s ministry of communications and multimedia, and is the administrator for all websites ending with “.my”, according to the company’s website.
The website for Malaysia Airlines experienced a similar problem in January, but the airline quickly reassured users that their bookings and private data had not been compromised.
An earlier report points out that Iran’s state TV social media accounts were hacked. Al Alam has covered the crisis in Yemen since Saudi Arabia and Arab allies launched air strikes against the Shi’ite Houthi movement. The air strikes have raised tensions between Shi’ite Muslim Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia, who are vying for influence amid sectarian wars shaking the region.
The false news on Houthi leader Abdel Malek al-Houthi’s death was tweeted by Al Alam’s account, and several later posts published contact information for the channel’s reporters around the region.
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