Several
 
 Twitter
 
 accounts operated by
 
 Malaysiakini
 
 have been hijacked by hackers just as campaigning for the 13th general election reaches the mid-way mark.


 A group known as Sarkas Siber are claiming responsibility. Little is known about the group. Its
 
 Facebook
 
 page was set up a day ago, soon after they gained control of the
 
 Twitter
 
 accounts.


 
 Malaysiakini
 
 has contacted Twitter to recover the accounts. This process may take several days.


 "We urge our
 
 Twitter
 
 followers to follow our
 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MalaysiaKini" target="_blank">
 
 Facebook page
 
 </a>
 as well to keep up to date with our election campaign coverage," said
 
 Malaysiakini
 
 chief editor Fathi Aris Omar.


 Over the past few years,
 
 Malaysiakini
 
 has been repeatedly subject to service disruption attempts by unidentified groups during national events and elections.


 The latest incident occurred last week. Several Internet Service Providers (ISP) appear to be
 <a href="https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/228203" target="_blank">
 
 throttling traffic
 
 </a>
 to
 
 Malaysiakini
 
 and other political websites.

Several Twitter accounts operated by

 Malaysiakini

have been hijacked by hackers just as the campaign period reaches the mid-way mark.

Mkini Twitter accounts hijacked

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