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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Singapore arrests two men for government site breach

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http://www.zdnet.com/sg/singapore-arrests-two-men-for-govt-site-breach-7000023724/

Two Singaporean men have been arrested over the alleged "hacking" of the Istana website, which belongs to the presidential office.

The two suspects were arrested today and will be charged in court tomorrow, according to a press release by the Singapore Police Force. They were identified as suspects earlier in November and brought in for questioning.

According to the Straits Times, the two arrested are 17-year-old ITE student Melvin Teo and 42-year-old Delson Moo.

They will be charged with an offence of unauthorized modification of computer material under Section 5(1) of the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act, Chapter 50A. They can be fined up to S$10,000 (US$8,000), jailed up to three years or both.

Investigations are still ongoing for two separate cases involving government sites, one belonging to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the other belonging to Ang Mo Kio Town Council involving the alleged "Messiah" hacker.

A spate of other cyberattacks including the defacement of Singapore sites have been linked to the "Messiah" hacker.

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