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188956
Thu, 06/16/2011 - 10:28
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51 GOVT WEBSITES ATTACKED
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) - A total of 51 .gov.my websites have come under attack causing disruptions at various levels to at least 41 of the websites, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said Thursday.
However, MCMC said it did not expect the overall recovery of these websites to take long as most of them had already recovered from the attacks.
"Our monitoring of the situation showed that there was a reduced level of attacks by 4am this morning and upon further evaluation, we found there had been little impact on Malaysian users as a result of this attack," it said in a statement.
The attacks followed an announcement by a foreign-based hackers group, Anonymous, to hack into the government's official website www.malaysia.gov.my Wednesday.
'Anonymous' had cited alleged Internet censorship by the government and the recent blocking of 10 file-sharing sites in Malaysia as two of the reasons for wanting to launch the attack, which it codenamed "Operation Malaysia".
MCMC said there were indeed attempts to hack several websites which started at approximately 11.30pm Wednesday, including on its own www.skmm.gov.my site, but was not successful.
MCMC said its Network Security Centre had been making concerted efforts to mitigate the attacks around the clock and would continue to work with other enforcement agencies and security experts as well service providers to monitor the situation.
The public is advised to report any information they may have regarding the identity of these hackers as the act to disrupt network services is a serious offence, which is punishable by law.
However, MCMC said it did not expect the overall recovery of these websites to take long as most of them had already recovered from the attacks.
"Our monitoring of the situation showed that there was a reduced level of attacks by 4am this morning and upon further evaluation, we found there had been little impact on Malaysian users as a result of this attack," it said in a statement.
The attacks followed an announcement by a foreign-based hackers group, Anonymous, to hack into the government's official website www.malaysia.gov.my Wednesday.
'Anonymous' had cited alleged Internet censorship by the government and the recent blocking of 10 file-sharing sites in Malaysia as two of the reasons for wanting to launch the attack, which it codenamed "Operation Malaysia".
MCMC said there were indeed attempts to hack several websites which started at approximately 11.30pm Wednesday, including on its own www.skmm.gov.my site, but was not successful.
MCMC said its Network Security Centre had been making concerted efforts to mitigate the attacks around the clock and would continue to work with other enforcement agencies and security experts as well service providers to monitor the situation.
The public is advised to report any information they may have regarding the identity of these hackers as the act to disrupt network services is a serious offence, which is punishable by law.
