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KUALA LUMPUR: The police’s Facebook page and Twitter account appear to have been hacked yesterday. The cover and profile pictures on the Facebook page were changed, and negative comments about government leaders were made from its Twitter account.

The Facebook cover showed a shadowy man who appeared to be waving an Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (Isis) flag emblazoned with words: “Khilafah has returned”. The profile picture was the partial face of a person with Arabic words emblazoned on one eye. A group of masked men holding machine guns with the caption “Viva Islamic State” were also on the Facebook page. In a posting on its status, it said “?#?AnonGHost Was Here”. Subsequently, it posted a lengthy status message clarifying that it is not linked to Anonymous, the international hacktivist group which has attacked government, religious and corporate websites.

“We don’t have any relationship with Anonymous. AnonGhost is different from Anonymous, we don’t have the same goal and don’t have the same level in hacking.

“We are the sound of the forgotten people, the freedom fighter in the cyberworld and our main target is ‘Sionisme’ (sic) and ‘israhell’ (sic), if you are asking why your website got hacked by us, it’s basically because we want to share our message and show the world who we are, we are not looking for fame but we have a goal to achieve we supporte (sic) all hackers teams and we supporte (sic) all the freedom mouvement (sic) in the world,” it wrote.

The police have acknowledged the attack. “Please be informed that the official PDRM (Royal Malaysia Police) Facebook page has been hacked by irresponsible parties. Any information issued forthwith is false,” the police said on Twitter.

The police have gone on an offensive against those suspected of links with Isis. The police have also expressed their concern over Malaysians planning to launch attacks in the country upon getting instructions from senior Isis members in Syria.

Shortly after the Facebook attack, the police’s Twitter account suffered a similar event. A tweet from @PDRMsia yesterday said the police could not wait for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to resign. “Kami warga pdrm tak saber tunggu najib letak jawatan (we PDRM personnel cannot wait for Najib to step down),” it said.

An earlier tweet about an hour prior to that also warned a minister not to “back up his cousin” — a veiled reference to Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Najib’s cousin. — The Malaysian Insider

 

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on July 14, 2015.

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