Thursday, 2 January 2014

Najwa Latif nafi burukkan peserta himpunan Turun

Najwa Latif
Najwa Latif


‘ITU tidak benar. Saya tidak ‘tweet’ sebegitu’. Demikian reaksi penyanyi yang terkenal dengan lagu ‘Cinta Muka Buku’, Najwa Latif berhubung penyebaran mesej bergambar yang menyerupai akaun Twitter miliknya, semalam.

Mesej bergambar itu seolah-olah mendakwa peserta himpunan Turun di Dataran Merdeka semalam melakukan keganasan dan gangguan seksual.

Mesej bergambar itu dikatakan menjadi “viral” di laman sosial dan mendapat kritikan hebat daripada peminat dan peserta himpunan terbabit yang kesal dengan tuduhan liar tersebut malah ia turut mengaitkan seorang isteri pemimpin tertinggi negara.

Najwa atau nama sebenarnya, Imratul Najwa Abdul Latif mendakwa kenyataan yang dimuat naik dengan menggunakan laman mikro, Twitter menyerupai akaunnya itu dipercayai direka oleh pihak tidak bertanggungjawab dengan tujuan menjatuhkan reputasinya sebagai seorang artis yang berhijab.

Menurutnya, perkara itu disedari pada lewat malam semalam selepas membuat persembahan sempena sambutan ambang tahun baharu 2014 di Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur.

“Itu tidak benar, saya tidak ada ‘tweet’ sebegitu, dan saya boleh katakan ia palsu. Setakat ini benda itu tiada dalam Twitter saya sendiri, jadi, saya rasa itu adalah palsu, ada orang lain edit, mungkin menggunakan perisian grafik komputer.

“Semalam, selepas saya buat persembahan di Dataran Merdeka anjuran DBKL dalam pukul 1 pagi saya perasan perkara itu,” katanya ketika dihubungi Sinar Harian Online, hari ini.

Najwa turut menafikan terlibat dengan sebarang aktiviti selepas selesai membuat persembahan di Konsert KL New Year Countdown 2014’ anjuran Dewan Bandar raya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL).

“Saya memang berada di Dataran Merdeka kerana ada persembahan tahun baru. Cuma, saya tidak terlibat dengan apa-apa aktiviti selepas itu.

“Saya menyanyi pada jam 11.15 malam, ketika itu keadaan masih tenang lagi. Tiada apa-apa yang berlaku dan semua orang masih OK. Sekitar jam 11.40 malam saya sudah berada dalam kereta untuk balik,” katanya.

Biarpun perkara tersebut telah menjejaskan reputasinya, namun Najwa tidak berhasrat untuk membuat laporan polis dan sudah memaafkan pelaku tersebut.

“Setakat ini tiada (laporan polis) kerana saya sebelum ini pernah kena, apa pun berlaku saya maafkan.

“Apa pun Tuhan tahu, dan apa yang berlaku semalam, pengurus saya, kakak saya tahu. Tak perlu nak buat fitnah kerana ia boleh menjatuhkan imej orang lain juga. Jadi, berhentilah daripada buat perkara sebegitu,” katanya.

Sinar Harian 

Hackers deface Malaysian sites on New Year's Eve



Hackers launched attacks on a slew of websites in Malaysia last night, defacing at least two government portals on New Year’s Eve.

The Education Ministry(MOE) portal apparently had its main landing site replaced with a plain black page which said “Hacked”, with one “EvilSha0w Team” claiming responsibility.

At the time of writing, the MOE website was inaccessible, though various screen captures depicting the defacement was posted up by netizens.


Last year, a group calling itself Evil Shadow Team, believed from China, was reportedly behind the defacing of software giant Microsoft India's retail website. However, it could not be ascertained if the same group was responsible for these latest attacks.

Meanwhile, there seemed to be a large number of website defacement yesterday that was themed quite differently from the attack on MOE.

Users who visisted another official site, namely the Malaysia My Second Home Programme, was greeted by a pop-up which said “Greetz Marhaen”.

The site also featured posters linked to the TURUN protest about rising prices and cost of living in Dataran Merdeka on Dec 31 last night.

Similarly themed defacement attacks also hit some 30-odd smaller sites, many of them belonging to local entities and companies.

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The list of these websites, including the website for Stamford College, can be seen in some local blogs which said they were alerted to the attacks. 

They all appeared to have the same poster, with popular anti-government ‘Janji Dicapati’ song playing in the background.

A message at bottom of the poster read: “A message to the government!...there are things that are really not right with Malaysia right?". It also highlighted grievances including state propoganda, corruption, and issues concerning race and religion.

When contacted, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission(MCMC) confirmed that they were already investigating the attacks.

“We have been made aware of several hacking activities by various portals including government websites,” Its chairman Datuk Mohamed Sharil Mohamed Tarmizi told Astro AWANI.

He said that at the moment, the administrators of the websites are handling their respective sites, but MCMC was assisting from the background, giving support should the need arises.

“At this moment, we will be investigating the incident. Some of the hacking attacks appear to be defacement type hacking. We verifying whether something more serious has happened," said Sharil.

He added that MCMC was trying to establish if there is any offences, "whether it is improper use of network or facilities or something that falls under the Computer Crimes Act (1997)."

"We have to assess the damage and all that, if at all, then decide, please don’t jump the gun and assume things."

Source: ASTRO Awani