Immigration Dept Website Hacked, Now Under Maintenance

The Immigration Department website is allegedly hacked by someone known as CaptainSmok3r.

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Earlier today, a Twitter user posted that the Malaysian immigration website was hacked.

A search on Google revealed that the immigration website’s name has been changed to “Hacked by CaptainSmok3r.”

At the time of writing, the website remains inaccessible.

(Pura-pura terkejut dengan keselamatan siber lamam web dan pangkalan data kerajaan)

Kenapa macam tak hangat berita ni? pic.twitter.com/KltRzR0KmZ
— Sic (@sicfallacy) April 4, 2023

The Immigration Department informed on Twitter that their site is currently undergoing maintenance.

Netizens lamented about the poor security of government websites and the increasing number of scams due to weak security.

A netizen advised the government to hire better cybersecurity personnel to monitor such attacks in the future.

LAMAN WEB JABATAN IMIGRESEN MALAYSIA SEDANG DISELENGGARA

Dimaklumkan bahawa, laman web Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia (JIM) iaitu https://t.co/wjlb72vzMw sedang diselenggara buat sementara waktu.

➡️ https://t.co/4W2bb4XoGI pic.twitter.com/ToibB6P45y
— Imigresen Malaysia (@imigresenmy) April 4, 2023

Lemah betul cyber security @fahmi_fadzil
— Q (@qalroslan) April 4, 2023

Sebab tuu scammer senang betul nak scam orang kita ni.

Kalau pengkalan data kita ni senang2 je kene hacked, apatah lagi nak dapat maklumat peribadi yg ada dlm pengkalan tuu.
— Kai 🇲🇾 (@khairulayams) April 4, 2023