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While reading one of Mr. Manager blog entry titled “Review Konsert Kelapan AF6“. I found out some interesting information about Aishah and from there I also found a link to “Aishah and The Fan Club” wikipedia page.

After doing some reading and scrolling on that page, I clicked the “AISHAH & THE FAN CLUB Official Website” link that was listed on that page. Guess what??? The website was hacked (defaced). The hacker left this message on the main page - “hacked by roselare from turkey“. Bad roselare!! Bad boy/girl!! And don’t hack my blog.. hehe..

For those who don’t know, Aishah is one of the most successful Malaysian singer (internationally & locally). Her evergreen song like ‘Janji Manismu’ will make you amazes with her vocal.

Well.. What happened to the website is called a “defacement“. According to Webopedia (Online computer dictionary for internet terms and definitions), defacement is a form of malicious hacking in which a Web site is “vandalized”. Often the malicious hacker will replace the site’s normal content with a specific political or social message or will erase the content from the site entirely, relying on known security vulnerabilities for access to the site’s content.

I’m personally sorry for the website/webmaster, this might not happen if enough security precautions has been taken. To avoid from being hacked, I suggest all webmasters or bloggers to use a “STRONG” password. To generate a strong password and how to remember it, go here.

I know some of you might say that there are so many other steps to avoid from being hacked, but I believe the main key for everything that related to our online security is “PASSWORD”. So keep your beloved password in your heart/mind and not in your email or wallet.

Peace!