MAS: Website was compromised by ‘cyber caliphate’


MAS hacked Monday morning by a group calling itself "Cyber Caliphate".

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has confirmed that their Domain Name System (DNS) has been compromised where users are re-directed to a hacker website when users access their website.

On Monday morning, The Malaysia Airlines (MAS) website was apparently hacked by a group calling itself "Cyber Caliphate".

“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,” said MAS in a press statement.

They have reported to CyberSecurity Malaysia and the Ministry of Transport on the matter and also assured customers and clients that this temporary glitch does not affect their bookings and their user data is secure.

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