The Malaysian domain names of major international websites were hacked this morning by an activist calling for the rights of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia to be respected.  
 
Users searching for sites such as Google.my, Youtube.my, Bing.my and Skype Malaysia were instead redirected to a message from a hacker by the name of 'TiGER-M@TE'
 
Hashtagging himself 'Bangladeshi Hacker', the message read "Hello malaysia, you think you are more advanced than us? Respect our workers, we will respect you!"
 
Dhillion Kannabhiran, the CEO and founder of Hack in a Box, a company that runs IT security conferences, told Digital News Asia, a tech news portal, that the individual sites had not been hacked but the domain name had, causing searches to the sites to be redirected.  
 
Dhillion said that the hacking highlighted the problems with the current Domain Name Sever (DNS) system, and the need to change the system to make harder for domain names to be hacked.

Banks may be at risk
 
A Google Malaysia spokesperson reportedly said, "This sort of DNS hijacking is not in Google's hands. Google Malaysia informed the Malaysian authorities when the hijacking was discovered this morning."  

Vijandren Ramadass, founder of Lowyat.NET, reportedly said in an online post that while banking sites hadn't be targeted so far, it was a "very real possibility".   
 
"Until the issue of DNS systems is resolved if you have to conduct any online transactions, ensure that the security certificate for the online banking site is valid before keying in your personal details."
 
CyberSecurity Malaysia and the Malaysian Communications And Multimedia Commission (MCMC) were reportedly unable to comment on the issue because it was 'on-going'.