Kluang council shuts down LED screens after obscene video appears in suspected hack

KLUANG, Oct 30 — The Kluang Municipal Council (MPK) will investigate an incident where its public message LED display system in several locations were hacked, resulting in displaying an obscene video last night.

The municipal council said it has since lodged a police report to facilitate further investigation into the embarrassing incident.

“A comprehensive investigation is being undertaken in collaboration with the screen’s vendor to identify the main cause of the incident.

“This is in addition to implementing remedial measures and strengthening the system's security,” said a brief statement issued today.

MPK also apologised for any inconvenience caused to the Kluang community following the incident.

Johor Housing and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor said he had received a report regarding the incident.

“For your information, the MPK's LED system was hacked and the council has taken proactive measures by shutting down all LED screens under its jurisdiction,” he said briefly when contacted by the media today.

Earlier, the offensive incident was captured on a Facebook reel that have since been taken down.

The video also contained a watermark that credited the Leakers.Gov cyber hacking group.

In the short video, the public were taken aback where the LED screen displayed the obscene images. This later sparked concern among the public.

It is understood that there were other reports of similar embarrassing incidents involving MPK’s LED screens, including Dataran Tasik Kluang, Taman Intan and the area along the route towards Kahang.

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居銮，10月30日讯——居銮市议会（MPK）将调查一起事件，该事件中其多个地点的公共信息LED显示屏系统遭到黑客攻击，导致昨晚播放了一段淫秽视频。

市政委员会表示，他们已向警方报案，以便对这起令人尴尬的事件进行进一步调查。

“我们正在与屏幕供应商合作进行全面调查，以查明事故的主要原因。

“除此之外，我们还将采取补救措施，加强系统安全，”今天发布的一份简短声明中写道。

MPK也就此次事件给居銮社区造成的任何不便表示歉意。

柔佛州房屋及地方政府委员会主席拿督莫哈末·贾夫尼·莫哈末·舒科尔表示，他已收到有关此事的报告。

“据悉，MPK的LED系统遭到黑客攻击，市政委员会已采取积极措施，关闭了其管辖范围内的所有LED屏幕，”他今天在接受媒体采访时简短地说道。

此前，这段冒犯性事件被拍摄下来并发布在 Facebook 短视频上，但该视频已被删除。

视频中还带有水印，注明出处为 Leakers.Gov 网络黑客组织。

这段短视频中，LED屏幕上显示的淫秽图像令公众震惊，并引发了公众的担忧。

据了解，MPK 的 LED 屏幕还曾发生过其他类似的尴尬事件，包括居銮湖广场、英丹公园以及通往加杭方向的沿途地区。

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