SIRIM Website Hacked!
SIRIM, or the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia is the “corporate organisation owned wholly by the Malaysian Government, under the Minister of Finance Incorporated. It has been entrusted by the Malaysian Government to be the national organisation for standards and quality, and as a promoter of technological excellence in the Malaysian industry.”
Moreover, according to Wikipedia, it is:
- the national organization of standardization and quality
- the prime mover in industrial research and development
- a catalyst in bringing about national economic dynamism through excellence in technology and international acceptance of Malaysian products and services
Malaysians would be familiar with products stamped with the SIRIM logo, as an assurance of quality:
Imagine my surprised when I see their website on 20 May 2008:
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Well, yea. The national organisation of standardization and quality website is hacked. What does that tell you about SIRIM certified product? What does that tell you about Malaysian quality?
Today, I decided to see what has happened to the website. Here’s what I see using Firefox:
Yup. Nothing improved. It’s even worse. In addition to being defaced, it is now added with malicious malware, as blogged by The Danesh Project. It’s so bad even Google is stopping you from visiting the website. Search SIRIM on Google and click on the first link.
So there you have it. If the National Organisation for Standardisation website can be hacked so easily, I shudder to think of the quality of everything in Malaysia.