MOM work pass system kenna hacked by Ah Neh FT

[Froggy]

Man faces 113 charges of unlawful IT access

Abdul Gafoor Jahangeer Basha, 33, was first hauled to court last December for knowingly causing a computer to illegally access the e-appointment system for MOM's Employment Pass Services Centre (EPSC).

He allegedly accessed the log-in credentials from a file on the system on Nov 17 last year. Yesterday, 112 more charges were piled against him, including accessing the EPSC using other people's foreign identification numbers.

Gafoor, who used to work in an IT firm, allegedly used the log-in credentials of work pass or long-term pass applicants.

He is also accused of unauthorised modification of the contents of the appointment scheduling system and attempting to modify the records by changing the status of applications. All 113 alleged offences occurred between Oct 10 and Dec 4 last year.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Sanjiv Vaswani successfully applied for a gag order on details of the charges, saying publication would affect public security.

Gafoor, who was represented by Mr Anand Nalachandran, is out on police bail of $8,000.

His next pre-trial conference is on May 31.


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清一色...........

 

[scbccb]

More to come. What do you think?

Business @ AsiaOne Firm takes systems engineer to court Former employee is accused of setting passwords that prevent access to program he created. Mon, Jun 16, 2008 The Straits Times by Selina Lum A SYSTEMS engineer has been hauled to criminal court by his former employers for allegedly sabotaging a computer program he developed. SMC Marine Services has accused Thangavelu Boopathiraja, 36, of secretly setting passwords within the program before leaving the company. The password protection, discovered months after his resignation, has left the company unable to check, modify or upgrade the system, lawyers for SMC told a district court yesterday. SMC is taking criminal action against Thangavelu under the Computer Misuse Act, for preventing access to the computer program without authority. This is believed to be the first private prosecution involving the act. Thangavelu denies setting the passwords and has claimed trial. The hearing, scheduled for five days, began yesterday. SMC is represented by lawyers from Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva, while Thangavelu's lawyers are from Rodyk & Davidson. Both sides will be calling expert computer witnesses. The defence's position is that SMC's prosecution of Thangavelu, who set up a competing company selling a similar product, is aimed at putting him out of business. The Straits Times understands that SMC also has a pending civil suit against Thangavelu in the High Court fixed for trial next month on related issues. Thangavelu, a former Indian national who is now a Singapore citizen, was employed by SMC between February 2004 and August 2006. SMC is in the business of transporting bulk cargo using tugboats and barges. At the time, Thangavelu was developing a vessel-monitoring system that allowed real-time information, such as fuel usage, to be sent from the vessels to SMC's office. The system included computer hardware onboard a tugboat, which requires codes to function. According to the prosecution's opening statement, the software tool that is used to write the codes allows a programmer to add password-protection features. But these passwords can only be set intentionally, said the statement. Yesterday, SMC's director-in-charge of vessel operations and marketing, Mr Habib Anwar Mansoor Sheriff, testified that Thangavelu was the one who wrote the codes and loaded them into the tugboat's computer. Anyone convicted of preventing access to a computer program without authority can be fined up to $10,000 and jailed up to three years. This article was first published in The Straits Times on June 14, 2008.

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[ILovePAP]

he should be sentenced to death

 

[Bangali]

His face already shown no good man......:oIo:

 

[laksaboy]

You gotta admit: it takes talent to hack into a government's computer system.

Either that, or the system or software is really crappy, maybe from those AIM nincompoops.

 

[smiling]

another favour done for the govt
to show the weakness of their system
well done
they should allow these guys to hack all the govt systems

 

[blackreplica]

"Deputy Public Prosecutor Sanjiv Vaswani successfully applied for a gag order on details of the charges, saying publication would affect public security"

Gentlemen. Read the above carefully. They are intentionally withholding the extent to which this fella compromised the system. This could be a massive hack...hence the need to keep the full details under wraps.

If the full details are leaked (I hope it is eventually). This could be very damaging for the bastards at MOM.

 

[laksaboy]

"Deputy Public Prosecutor Sanjiv Vaswani successfully applied for a gag order on details of the charges, saying publication would affect public security"

Gentlemen. Read the above carefully. They are intentionally withholding the extent to which this fella compromised the system. This could be a massive hack...hence the need to keep the full details under wraps.

If the full details are leaked (I hope it is eventually). This could be very damaging for the bastards at MOM.

Security through obscurity is never a good idea.