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Malaysian government websites will be resilient enough to face any kind of cyber attack claims CyberSecurity Malaysia.

“We are determining their readiness to face attacks and are making recommendations on what they can do to prepare,” said CyberSecurity Malaysia chief executive officer Lt-Col (Ret) Datuk Husin Jazri.

He said the sites would be resilient to any kind of cyber attacks, “even if the attack is announced in advance or a surprise attack”.

In what appears to be a statement posted to Youtube from the collective known as Anonymous, a second round of attacks against the Government of Malaysia is planned for the 4th of July at 13:37 GMT (21:37 MYT).

Netizen frustration over government intervention via censorship, which occurs from time to time, and the ease at which they can vent their grievances through social media channels, may have exacerbated the situation, say industry watchers.

They called it Titanic Takeover Tuesday. Over the course of several hours on 14 June, the hacker group Lulzsec orchestrated distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against three online games – Minecraft, Eve Online and League of Legends – as well as the gaming news site, Escapist.

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE MALAYSIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA COMMISSION (MCMC) IN RELATION TO THE HACKING OF MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT WEBSITES BY UNKNOWN HACKERS

Cyberjaya – Regarding the threat by unknown hackers to attack websites with the .gov.my domain, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) confirms that there were indeed attempts to hack several websites, including www.skmm.gov.my.  The attempt to hack MCMC’s website was not successful.

L33tdawg: We'll try our level best to keep everyone up-to-date as the attack unfolds or you could always jump on the #opmalaysia channel on irc.anonops.li

Malaysia worked Wednesday to thwart a planned assault on the government's official website by international hacker vigilantes who accuse authorities in this Southeast Asian country of Internet censorship.

The “hacktivist” group, Anonymous, posted a mission statement to Pastebin on June 12 describing the reasoning behind their planned and upcoming attack on official Malaysian government websites. Anonymous warned, “We fear that if you make further decisions to take away human freedom, we [will be] obligated to act fast and have no mercy.”

Turkish police are reported to have detained 32 people in connection with internet attacks that have disrupted access to government websites.

Alleged members of the loosely-knit Anonymous hacktivist group were rounded up in 12 cities, including Ankara and Istanbul, just days after similar arrests of Anonymous suspects in Spain.

The fledgling Indian operation of hacker group Anonymous attacked the website of the Indian army on Friday, but reversed its decision after it ran into criticism from Indian supporters who were annoyed that the Indian army was targeted.

Responding to a recent report from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization condemning Anonymous, the online "hacktivist" group has issued a public response warning the global organization not to challenge it.