News website Newsbook is the latest victim of a website spoofing attack bearing similar hallmarks to the one against blogger and activist Manuel Delia.
Spoof Newsbook and Manuel Delia websites were both registered this week using the same domain registration service.
The spoof websites, at first glance, appear identical to the genuine ones they are seeking to replicate.
Both spoof websites appear geared towards seeding doubts about the prosecution's cases against murder suspect Yorgen Fenech and attacking the credibility of those fighting for justice in these cases.
Fenech has been indicted for his alleged role in the assassination of the journalist in October 2017 and was this week charged with attempting to import grenades and other weapons.
An article on the spoof Newsbook website sets it sights on Daphne Caruana Galizia family lawyer Jason Azzopardi, who has in recent days butted heads with Fenech and his lawyers. It claims that the lawyer "allegedly accepted expensive gifts from people he called mafiosi".
Police report filed
Azzopardi said in a Facebook post that he has reported the matter to the police.
Newsbook editor Joe Borg said they too would be filing a report.
Opposition leader Bernard Grech called on the Prime Minister to discuss ways of strengthening police resources to tackle this form of cybercrime, warning that deliberate attempts to undermine journalism should be fought forcefully.
“This is another instance of the coordinated strategy to try to undermine the free media in Malta.
“Ironically this is happening at a ..
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