Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-400 9M-MMD Penang Bayan Lepas Int'l Airport.
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-400 9M-MMD Penang Bayan Lepas Int'l Airport.

Malaysia Airlines says website intact after hacker attack

January 27, 2015 Comments Off on Malaysia Airlines says website intact after hacker attack 352 Views

National carrier Malaysia Airlines suffered a DNS poisoning attack where visitors who typed in the airline’s website address www.malaysiaairlines.com were re-directed to a hacker site.

However the carrier said all the passenger data remains secure. In a statement the airline said

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. Malaysia Airlines assures customers and clients that its website was not hacked and this temporary glitch does not affect their bookings and that user data remains secured.

About Devesh Agarwal

A electronics and automotive product management, marketing and branding expert, he was awarded a silver medal at the Lockheed Martin innovation competition 2010. He is ranked 6th on Mashable's list of aviation pros on Twitter and in addition to Bangalore Aviation, he has contributed to leading publications like Aviation Week, Conde Nast Traveller India, The Economic Times, and The Mint (a Wall Street Journal content partner). He remains a frequent flier and shares the good, the bad, and the ugly about the Indian aviation industry without fear or favour.

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