A screenshot of the Sarawak Report website, which has been accessible since this morning. – July 26, 2015.Whistle-blower site Sarawak Report is down worldwide, and its editors suspect that it is due to hacking by some parties.
The website returned a "service not available" prompt when accessed from all countries this morning.
Its editor and founder Clare Rewcastle-Brown told The Malaysian Insider that she suspects a a hacking attempt.
The site is already blocked in Malaysia by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
"They seem to have resorted back to hacking my site," Rewcastle-Brown said.
MCMC previously cited "national stability" as the reason behind its decision to block Sarawak Report locally.
However, the block proved ineffective as readers soon found ways to circumvent the block and still access the website.
Sarawak Report has published a slew of exposes over the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) saga. – July 26, 2015
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