Najib orders immediate action after ‘cyberattack’ on Malaysia

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 ― Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak has ordered immediate action to be taken to prevent further “cyberattacks” on Malaysian citizens and organisations following a massive spam on polling day today.

“I condemn the ‘Spam Calls’ received by many BN leaders from overseas numbers. Phones that have been ‘spammed’ cannot function as usual.

“Apart from that, many BN websites cannot be accessed. I have ordered immediate action to be taken,” he posted on his Twitter account.

Najib had retweeted an earlier post from his cousin and Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein who was among the party’s senior members that had been deluged with phone calls from unknown numbers.


“Just finished voting and realized all these missed calls from unknown numbers. Strange,” tweeted the incumbent Sembrong MP who is defending his parliamentary seat this election.

Other BN leaders who were spammed with the mystery calls were Sabah BN leaders Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan, Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak, and Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

Leaders from the Opposition Pakatan Harapan (PH) pact have also complained of having their phones jammed with these anonymous calls. Among them were DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng who claimed it was an attempt to sabotage the elections.

PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali was reportedly victimised too. According to a report in news portal Malaysiakini, the incumbent Gombak MP claimed his handphone, emails and Facebook account were hacked before 6am today.

The politicians were not the only ones affected. Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Ali Hamsa said he had been spammed 488 since 7am and branded it  a “cyberattack by irresponsible parties to disrupt #PRU14”.

Malaysian organisations including human rights group Suaram, electoral reforms group Bersih 2.0, DAP mouthpiece Roketkini and PKR-linked research outfit Invoke Malaysia are said to be down.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has acknowledged receiving “numerous complaints today of phones ringing and then the call drops” and advised people against answering them.

It said its initial investigation points to a BOTS attack which is initiated anonymously from various sources with differing targets.

The MCMC said it is still investigating the matter with local telecommunications service providers and promised stern action against the culprits.

lkick2113

Jangan jadikan alasan Dah lah kan?

najib888

mula dah kot drama.. jom kita tengok sampai ke mana penyudahnya...

jfq

Lembab la tak alert.

melnanzz

dua-dua side yang buat attack, dan kena attack. Cuma side yang rasa defeated je akan mengadu.

slavehunter

Aku baru dapat call dari number pelik ada 5 numbers jer as ussual number yg aku tak save aku takkan angkat.

ChildrenOfBodom

smalam aku dapat panggilan dari no 017-614 7199

bila jawab hello, dia bg salam aku x jawab apa pun pastu dia kataa saya zambry abdul kadir blablabla terus aku end call. sapa dapat gak?

supernaturalee

ChildrenOfBodom replied at 9-5-2018 05:46 PM
smalam aku dapat panggilan dari no 017-614 7199

bila jawab hello, dia bg salam aku x jawab apa pu ...

Calon di perak tu

timbang

tangkap sumbat jail je kaki2 fitnah kaki spam ni semua

nak menang punya pasal macam2 fitnah dorang buat

main bangsattt

timbang

Fake ballot paper trick at PD
What really happened!

Today morning, a young Indian guy approached BN volunteer girls at SKPD and instruct them to hand over the papers to public. In a second, a group of PKR individuals misbehaved to 16 years old young girls by pulling hands and used vulgar words.

The whole drama exposed when the same incident happened in all pooling stations. The real PKR culprit we're caught red handed. The dirty tactic exposed where he was asked to wear BN shirt to do his trick.

Here the twist in this story, now PKR group sending misleading news in WhatsApp and saying it was by BN supporters.

What nonsense you talking about KEADILAN?

Wait, how do I know all these? Because I was there!

MatDeghem