The airline that has been the subject of not one but two different controversial flights over the past year has gone under the scope of the media yet again, after the Malaysia Airlines Facebook hack saw the airline become the latest victim of hacking, following similar attacks on a great number of companies over the past few months.
The last famous attack on a major company came to Sony Pictures, as North Korean hackers from the Kim Jong-un government leaked thousands of inside e-mails from the film production company in an attempt to keep the Seth Rogen and James Franco film "The Interview" from being released; now, Malaysia Airlines' Facebook hack sees the latest victim.
According to USA Today, the so-called Malaysia Airlines Facebook hack actually included the airlines' website, as hacking group Lizard Squad, who has in the past led attacks to Riot Games' "League of Legends," as well as to the PlayStation Network and the North Korea government.
As The Wall Street Journal reports, it seems like the Malaysia Airlines Facebook hack is part of a sort of vendetta with a United States videogame company, as the different images shown by the hacking groups referenced UMG Events LLC, a company that hosts different videogame events across the US that is based in Roxana, Illinois.
In any case, Time Magazine reports that in the late hours of Sunday night, the website for infamous Malaysia Airlines seemed to be down, with users unable to book or purchase plane tickets, as well as any other service.
The hack featured a few messages in reference to who was responsible for the attack, as MalaysiaAirlines.com visitors saw messages like "ISIS WILL PREVAIL" or "404-Plane Not Found," a reference to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared last March and hasn't been found yet.
The airline has refused to comment and even denied that there had been such a thing as a Malaysia Airlines Facebook hack.
