Malaysia Airlines website hacked by ISIS supporters

Malaysia Airlines confirmed Monday that its website had been "compromised," but it said that no customer data was at risk.

On Sunday night, the website displayed the message "ISIS will prevail" and a fake "404" page reading "Plane not Found." Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared last March, has yet to be found.

Other "404" messages on the site featured a lizard wearing a top hat and a monocle. The "Lizard Squad" hacker group, which refers to itself as the "Cyber Caliphate," has taken responsibility for the attack on Malaysia Airlines' website. The Lizard Squad Twitter account accused Malaysia Airlines of "lying," saying that customer data had indeed been compromised.

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Malaysia Airlines released a statement on its Facebook page asserting that "user data remains secured."