'Lizard Squad' Takes Credit for Malaysia Airlines Website Hack

Yet another crisis for the struggling airline

Visitors to the Malaysia Airlines webpage early Monday morning were greeted not by the company’s logo, but by the above image, which reads “404 – Plane Not Found,” followed by the phrase “Hacked by LIZARD SQUAD – OFFICIAL CYBER CALIPHATE.”

The hack managed to pack maximum PR damage into this one-two punch, referencing both the recent loss of flight MH370 with the “plane not found” phrase and insinuating association with the Islamic State jihadists by using the word “Caliphate.”

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