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Police investigating Straits Times blog website hacking case
SINGAPORE: A Straits Times blog website has been the latest to be affected in a series of hacking episodes.
The hacker, who claims to be part of the Anonymous network, broke into the website on Friday morning.
Publisher Singapore Press Holdings has made a police report and investigations are ongoing.
The incident comes after a video threatening to hit out at the Singapore government was earlier posted on YouTube.
A spokesperson from the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said they were aware of the video and that the police were investigating the matter.
The challenges of cybersecurity have changed in the last two decades, say experts.
"The innovation behind hacking has increased, and the frequency has increased as well. So the whole nature of the threat landscape has changed considerably," said Michael Montoya, FireEye's vice-president for customer services.
But experts say Singapore is one of the more proactive - and innovative - governments when it comes to cybersecurity.
"I think there's a very robust system in place. But again, hackers are very innovative, so if they (governments) don't stay innovative on the approach to technology side and continue to adapt to the evolving landscape of cyber threats, it's very easy to miss something," said Mr Montoya.
"The most challenging thing in cybersecurity is sort of a multi-faceted problem. Attackers got to find the weakest link, so you've got to be up on every angle. It's often perceived as an arms race between the attacker and the good guys. There are often fundamental techniques to alter the game where certain things could be done which are impenetrable. So more research and R&D need to happen on those fronts," said Assistant Professor Prateek Saxena from the National University of Singapore's Computer Science Department.
The government recently announced it is spending S$130 million in the next five years to boost national cybersecurity.
Experts say a complete system needs to consider short and long-term threats.
FireEye's Michael Montoya said: "The first thing I would do is to ensure I take a short-term approach, which is to contain the problem, bring my organisation together and identify any gaps that may be creating some vulnerabilities, mediate those gaps as quickly as possible.
"The other thing is to take a long-term approach, (addressing questions like) does my technology really address the change in landscape? Do I have the right people capabilities in place as well as the right operational procedures in place in order to stay ahead of the hackers?"
Laws governing cybersecurity fall under the Computer Misuse Act.
And lawyers say those responsible for hacking could face multiple charges.
For instance, apart from hacking, issuing a threat online may be treated as criminal intimidation under the Penal Code.
The maximum penalty for hacking into a computer is a S$10,000 fine and a three-year jail term.
‘Anonymous’ newspaper hack puts Singapore on alert
Anonymous YouTube message threatens to cause Singapore "financial loss by aggressive cyber intrusion" if demands are not met
An Anonymous spokesperson threatening to "go to war" with the Singapore government over recent internet licensing rules in a YouTube message posted online. Photo: AFP
Activist group Anonymous hacked a Singapore newspaper website on Friday and threatened wider cyberattacks over internet freedom, with government agencies reportedly on alert after the group said it would “wage war” with the city-state.
The website of the pro-government Straits Times was hacked early in the day by apparent members of the group, which is opposing recently introduced licensing rules for news websites in Singapore.
The attackers, using the name “Messiah”, took over the blog of a Straits Times journalist, saying she had distorted “our words and intentions” in a report on the group’s threat a day earlier to “wage war” on the Singapore government to protest internet curbs.
“We oppose any form of internet censorship among other things,” said a post on the journalist’s hacked blog, which has been taken offline.
The hackers urged the journalist to apologise within 48 hours “to the citizens of Singapore for trying to mislead them”.
If she fails to apologise, “then we expect her resignation”, the hacker added.
“If those demands are met we will be on our way. But in the event our demands are not met in the next 48 hours, we will place you in our ‘to do’ list and next time you wont [sic] be let off this easy.”
Asian media giant Singapore Press Holdings, which publishes the newspaper, said: “We have made a police report, and the police are investigating.”
The attack on the Straits Times followed a post on the video-sharing site YouTube on Thursday in which a person claiming to speak for Anonymous warned it will attack Singapore’s financial infrastructure if it does not rescind the new rules.
“We demand you reconsider the regulations of your framework or we will be forced to go to war with you,” a male voice said as a person hiding behind a mask appeared in the YouTube clip, addressing the government.
“Every time you deprive a citizen his right to information, we will cause you financial loss by aggressive cyber intrusion,” said the speaker.
Reacting to the YouTube clip, Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority said: “We are aware of the video, and the police are investigating into the matter.”
The Straits Times, meanwhile, said it had learned that government agencies have been put on alert following the warning.
It said the alert directive came from the Government IT Security Incident Response Team, which was set up to co-ordinate responses to a cyberattack.
Blogs and social media have gained popularity as alternative sources of news and opinion in Singapore, where mainstream newspapers and broadcasters are perceived to be pro-government.
Singapore authorities have said the new rules provide clarity on existing standards for internet content, and do not impinge on internet freedom.
11/01/2013 10:45
Straits Times website hacked for "misleading the people"
The hack is in retaliation to a "misleading" report on hacker group Anonymous' YouTube video that threatened to attack Singapore's infrastructure.
SINGAPORE : Activist hacker group Anonymous has struck again, this time attacking the Straits Times (ST) website for “misleading the people”.
Hacker ‘The Messiah’, a member of Anonymous, gained access to the account of ST correspondent Irene Tham and wrote directly onto the ST's blog page.
The Messiah said that the hack was in retaliation to Tham’s “misleading” report on the group’s YouTube video that threatened to attack Singapore's infrastructure.
It added that Tham had distorted its original words and intentions, and demanded that the reporter issue an apology to the citizens of Singapore or resign in the next 48 hours.
“If those demands are met we will be on our way. But in the event our demands are not met in the next 48 hours, we will place you (The Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), which owns ST) in our "to do" list and next time you won’t be let off this easy,” it wrote.
A spokesman for SPH said ST stands by its report and has filed a police report on the incident.
This the fifth website to fall prey to The Messiah this year, following hacks on Sun Ho’s official website, City Harvest Church’s website, the PAP Community Foundation website, and the Ang Mo Kio Town Council website.
On Thursday, Tham published a report on Anonymous’ Youtube video threatening to attack Singapore’s infrastructures over the new licensing scheme for online news sites.
“We demand you reconsider the regulations of your framework or we will be forced to go to war with you,” said the video, which was posted on October 29.
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore said that it is aware of the video and the police are investigating into the matter.
