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Istana site hacking: Businessman and student questioned
Duo not linked to alleged hacker said to be behind 'The Messiah' moniker
Published on Nov 14, 2013
Student Melvin Teo (right) and businessman Delson Moo are not connected to alleged hacker James Raj Arokiasamy. Melvin and Mr Teo were not arrested but continue to assist with investigations into the Istana hacking. Both are believed to be Facebook friends. -- PHOTO: INTERNET
By Pearl Lee, Maryam Mokhtar And Linette Lai
One is an Institute of Technical Education (ITE) student, while the other is a middle-aged, small business entrepreneur.
Melvin Teo, 17, and Mr Delson Moo, 42, are the duo believed to have been questioned by the police last week over a recent alleged hacking of an Istana webpage, The Straits Times learnt yesterday.
On Tuesday, the police did not identify them but revealed that two suspects were involved in the Istana cyber intrusion, along with two others who allegedly hacked into the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) website on the same day - last Friday.
The two pairs are not connected to each other and did not act in concert but they had "exploited a vulnerability of those sites to display pages from other sources", according to the police.
ITE student gets probation for hacking into Istana website
The Straits Times Monday, Aug 04, 2014
Melvin Teo, 18, is the second person to be convicted of unauthorised use of a computer service by hacking into a government website.
He had admitted to one of four charges of gaining unauthorised access to the server that hosted the Istana webpage at about 12.45am on Nov 8. He did this after communicating with Delson Moo Hiang Kng, 43, who was fined $8,000 on June 5 for a similar cyber attack around the same time.
Get the full story from The Straits Times.
Teen admits hacking Istana site for 'a joke'
By Elena Chong
A student has admitted hacking into the Istana's website in what he claimed was a "harmless joke". Melvin Teo Boon Wei yesterday became the second person to be convicted of unauthorised use of a computer service by hacking into a government website.
The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College Central student carried out a cross site scripting (XSS) attack on the portal on Nov 8 last year after communicating with Delson Moo Hiang Kng, 43, who was fined $8,000 on June 5 for a similar cyber attack around the same time.
The 18-year-old first-year Nitec electronics student admitted to one of four charges of gaining unauthorised access to the server that hosted the Istana webpage at about 12.45am on Nov 8.
He hacked into the site to display the phrase "Melvin Teo For The Win!" with two caricatures of himself and some Chinese characters.
The court heard that XSS attacks are performed by "injecting" a script into the Web application by exploiting a security vulnerability - in this case the Google search page embedded in the Istana website.
Instead of entering pure text search terms, Teo entered hypertext markup language (HTML) code that he had crafted.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Kumaresan Gohulabalan said Teo learnt about the vulnerability on the Istana website from other users on Facebook. At the time, XSS scripts that had been used to compromise the Google search page on the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) website were being disseminated on the Internet.
After the search function on the PMO website was disabled, Teo injected the modified script into the Istana website.
DPP Kumaresan said that although Teo's defacement did not cause any damage to the contents of the Istana server, it had inconvenienced the website operator as well as potential users.
"XSS attacks can be used for more pernicious purposes than just defacing Web applications," he said.
"Attackers can create pages that look identical to Web applications where victims enter confidential personal information and, subsequently, use XSS to steal this information - such acts would be a form of 'phishing'."
He argued it was in the public interest to ensure cyber security and public confidence.
Teo's lawyer V. Esvaran said his client did not realise the serious nature of the offence at the time. He was very contrite, remorseful, ashamed and regretted his folly.
"The accused's naivety and curiosity, coupled with the encouragement and influence of mature, older individuals and his belief that he was only causing a harmless joke, caused him to commit the offence," he said.
Community Court Judge Lim Keng Yeow called for a probation report on Aug 4.
The maximum penalty for the offence is a $10,000 fine and three years' jail.
Put your skills to good use, judge tells Istana hacker
Elena Chong The Straits Times Tuesday, Aug 05, 2014
Teo, an ITE student, received 12 months' probation yesterday, after he was found guilty of computer hacking.
The student who hacked into the Istana website last year has been given a shot at rehabilitation by a district judge.
Judge Lim Keng Yeow also advised the 18-year-old to apply his IT know-how to his studies - not to doing wrong.
Those comments were made yesterday when Melvin Teo Boon Wei was sentenced to 12 months' probation after he was found guilty of computer hacking.
"Use them for the good of other people rather than for harm. Use them to promote the well-being of other people rather than to act in mischief," said Judge Lim.
The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) student, who acknowledged the judge's advice, is the second person to be convicted of unauthorised use of a computer service by hacking into a government website.
Delson Moo Hiang Kng, 43, was fined $8,000 two months ago for a similar cross site scripting (XSS) attack on the Istana website last year.
Teo, a first-year Nitec electronics student, had admitted to one of four charges, with the rest taken into consideration.
An XSS attack, one of the most common types of cyber attack, "injects'' a script into the Web application by exploiting a security vulnerability.
In this case, the application involved the Google search page embedded in the Istana website.
The court heard that, while Teo's act caused no damage to the contents of the Istana Web server, the website operator and potential users were inconvenienced.
Judge Lim said the courts took a very serious view of any form of cyber intrusion or attacks that threatened cyber security.
"Even acts of lesser proportions are deplorable and unacceptable. They rightly draw public disapproval and should be expected to result in substantial sentences in court,'' he said.
This case involved "an act of immaturity and an act of wanton mischief'', the judge said, but he added that there were no other serious consequences except for the disabling of the website's search functions for a few days.
He also noted that Teo has a record of good conduct at school and has good family support.
Under the probation order, Teo has to perform 80 hours of community service and remain indoors from 10pm to 6am. His parents are bonded for $5,000 to ensure his good behaviour.
He could have been fined up to $10,000, jailed for up to three years, or both.
