Google.com.my hacked?

Attempts to visit the popular search engine's website at www.google.com.my were futile this afternoon as a message on the page read: "Google Malaysia Hacked by TiGER-M@TE #Bangladeshi HackeR."

Google Malaysia's spokesman, Zeffri Yusof, said they were aware of the incident but clarified that the domain was not compromised.

"We’re aware that some users are having trouble connecting to google.com.my, or are being directed to a different website. Google services for the google.com.my domain are not compromised. We’ve reached out to the organisation responsible for managing this domain name and hope to have the issue resolved," he told Astro AWANI when contacted.

At the time of writing, google.com.my however continues to be inaccessible.

This is not the first time that the search engine’s URL had been compromised. In 2013, a similar attempt was made on the Google website in Malaysia.

Micro-blogging site Twitter was filled with reactions from social media users who are currently facing problems accessing the website.

Some even felt that the incident was humorous in nature.