By William Isau
SIBU, Jan 28: Pelawan assemblyman Datuk Michael Tiang has set up a new Facebook page called ‘Pusat Khidmat N.54 Pelawan’ after his Facebook page was hacked.
This came after hackers took ownership of his Facebook page (Michael Tiang 程明智).
“I have abandoned that account and set up ‘Pusat Khidmat N.54 Pelawan’ so that I could continue to serve the public,” he said at a press conference today.
Tiang, also the Deputy Minister of Public Health, Housing, and Local Government, said the hackers, after taking control of his Facebook page, started sending notifications to netizens to join them.
“I urge the public not to accept the invitation to join the Facebook page. I don’t know what they plan to do with my account. I would like to urge the people to lodge a complaint against the hacked Facebook account with Metaverse,” he added.
He also suspected that the hacking of his Facebook account was politically motivated, as several attempts were made to hack his account.
“I won’t be surprised that it is politically motivated. After hacking one’s social media account, normal hackers will move on after you regain control of it.
“But this group continued hacking my account when I managed to regain control of it four times earlier until I lost ownership over it,” he said.
He discovered that the hacking attempts started at midnight of December 16 last year, prompting him to lodge a complaint with Metaverse, including the police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
“When I first found it, I started to lose control over my FB page as the hackers took over. They uploaded weird and obscene postings.
“A few days later, I contacted Metaverse in Singapore. They offered me assistance, and after that, I could gain control of the page. I was delighted and started deleting the unnecessary postings,” he recalled.
However, he said the hackers managed to gain control of the page again. — DayakDaily
