Kash’s World

Although the official tone is that most ordinary Malaysians don’t read online political postings and that Malaysians mostly prefer other stuff on the Net, some people are getting worried enough to launch cyber attacks on political websites.

The reason for the rise in online heat appears to be the Bersih rally that is scheduled for the 10th of November at Dataran Merdeka and which is being organised by various NGOs and parties to highlight the need for free and fair elections.

Over the past few days, the Malaysia-Today site appears to have been attacked/hacked. Then Bersih’s own website was hacked with a message posted saying that the gathering has been postponed indefinitely.

The Bersih site is still down as I write this. Very possibly the site creators will have to rebuild the site from scratch.

If it really is true that no one reads online political posts then why the need to attack? Hmmm…

Of course, the attacks are not just confined to cyberspace. This letter on Malaysiakini sums up the issue well

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