The National Library of Malta has filed a report with the Malta Communications Authority after Meta failed to act when their official Facebook page was hacked for a second time in two years.
The Central Library of Malta announced that it has now launched new official Facebook pages for the National Library as well as Malta Libraries after its previous one was compromised just over a week ago with images of scantily clad women.
Following a similar incident two years ago, the library had taken “immediate steps” to report the breach to Facebook’s owning company Meta and to the police. The administrator accounts were closed in line with Facebook’s procedures and a new official page was created.
However, in a post on their new official page, the National Library said that “despite repeated attempts to report and shut down the hacked pages, Meta’s response has so far proved unfruitful”.
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The National Library is urging anyone coming across the old compromised page to “report, block and stop following” it.
“Malta Libraries remains committed to safeguarding the digital presence of our national institutions,” they said.
Two years ago, the Malta Film Commission’s Facebook page was taken down after it was hacked and its profile picture replaced by a photo of woman in a car.