Malaysia on alert as hackers threaten to attack govt website

Authorities working towards preventing a planned attack on www.malaysia.gov.my

PTI | June 16, 2011



Malaysia on Wednesday went on high alert after an anonymous hackers threatened to attack government's official website.

Comunications Minister Rais Yatim said the country's cyber security authorities were working towards preventing a planned attack on Malaysian government website www.malaysia.gov.my.

However, he declined to elaborate on the preventive actions, saying that they were confidential.

A hacker group, calling itself anonymous has threatened to launch the attack on the government's official website at about 3.30 am on Thursday.

The group said in a Youtube posting that it was acting against the various forms of censorship by the Malaysian government and the recent move to block 10 file-sharing websites.

Rais added that the hacker group had misunderstood the government's intention in blocking the 10 filesharing websites.

"We do not have censorship, except when crimes are committed through cyberspace," he said, adding that the ministry was taking the threats very seriously.

Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said the police was aware of the hack threat and was working with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)to investigate the issue.
 

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