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Old Jan 25, 2015, 7:41 pm
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Malaysia Airlines Website Hacked - 26 JAN 2015
MH home page has been compromised by LizardSquad.

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Old Jan 25, 2015, 7:43 pm
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404 - Plane not found.
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 7:50 pm
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And as of now http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/hq/en.html has been restored!

Edit: CNBC report
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 8:45 pm
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It's still down as of now.
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 8:48 pm
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Yes, news spread fast. We were in contact with MAS to warn them the minute we heard.
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 8:50 pm
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Originally Posted by TGflyergirl
It's still down as of now.
If you refresh your browser cache you should be served the usual website now.


Edit: WT?! The hack is back indeed.
Last edited by forumpersona999; Jan 25, 2015 at 8:52 pm Reason: Corrected fact that website is indeed still hacked (again)
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 8:53 pm
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Originally Posted by forumpersona999
If you refresh your browser cache you should be served the usual website now.


Edit: WT?! The hack is back indeed.
i tried what you suggested - i did see for a brief moment it back up but like you say it is now down again
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 9:42 pm
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Yes, news spread fast. We were in contact with MAS to warn them the minute we heard.
We? As in who?
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 9:43 pm
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I suggest nobody login and stay away till it's fully resolved.
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 9:47 pm
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Let's see how long it will take MH to get this up and running.
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 10:40 pm
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Just booked my flight for tommorrow using MHMobile.

It worked fine.
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 10:43 pm
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Originally Posted by dfs24
Let's see how long it will take MH to get this up and running.
Don't think the airline asked to be hacked so let's cut them a bit of slack.
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 11:18 pm
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The hack is of the DNS - which will be generic software. The actual servers etc are there are unaffected. As your own computer will cache the results of the DNS lookup it could be 24 hours before you see the correct website and that's after the problem is fixed.
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Old Jan 25, 2015, 11:43 pm
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Originally Posted by wolf72
Don't think the airline asked to be hacked so let's cut them a bit of slack.
In this day and age, big companies should have better cyber security. No one wants to be hacked, airline or not.

Thankfully just a DNS issue.
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Old Jan 26, 2015, 12:09 am
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Originally Posted by dfs24
In this day and age, big companies should have better cyber security. No one wants to be hacked, airline or not.

Thankfully just a DNS issue.

Yes. But to me, it looks like even big companies with sophisticated security systems can still be penetrated or hacked..so it really depends on how good these hackers are and how much information or access to information they have of their victims.

But yes, this is the first time MAS have been hacked like this..and it will be a learning lesson for their IT boys maybe and a bit of a wake up call for them.

Singapore Airlines could never be hacked. They are brave.
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