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2 Singaporeans arrested over Istana website hacking
MyPaper
Friday, Nov 29, 2013
*Latest update*: Businessman Delson Moo was charged in court on Friday with two counts of unauthorised modification of computer material under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act. This is in relation to the recent hacking of an Istana webpage on Nov 8.
Get the full story from The Straits Times.
SINGAPORE - Two Singaporeans, aged 17 and 42, were arrested by police yesterday for allegedly hacking the Istana website earlier this month.
They are slated to be charged in court today for unauthorised modification of computer material under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act.
This follows a police report lodged on Nov 8 by the administrator of the Istana website after it was defaced, as well as a string of hacking incidents.
The older man is believed to be businessman Delson Moo and the younger person is understood to be student Melvin Teo.
Moo and Teo were reportedly assisting the police with investigations earlier this month.
Moo told The Straits Times that he had also hacked the Prime Minister's Office website.
On his actions, he said it was "purely a stupid mistake" and "my hand was itchy and...I got myself into trouble".
Moo also said that he knew Teo through Facebook but they have never met in person.
If convicted, they could each be fined up to $10,000, be jailed up to three years, or both.
Istana site hacking: Businessman and student arrested; to be charged on Friday
Published on Nov 28, 2013
Businessman Delson Moo (left) and Institute of Technical Education (ITE) student Melvin Teo, who were questioned by the police in early November over a recent alleged hacking of the Istana's webpage, have been arrested and will be charged in court on Friday, Nov 28, 2013. -- PHOTOS: FACEBOOK PAGE OF DELSON MOO AND INSTAGRIN OF MELVIN TEO
By Lim Yan Liang
The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) student and businessman who were questioned by the police in early November over a recent alleged hacking of the Istana's webpage have been arrested and will be charged in court on Friday.
The police without naming them said in a statement on Thursday that the two Singaporeans, aged 17 and 42, have been arrested earlier in the day, in connection with a report lodged on Nov 8 by the web administrator of the Istana website.
The Straits Times had previously reported on Nov 14 that ITE student Melvin Teo and businessman Delson Moo, are the duo believed to have been questioned by the police over the cyber intrusion. Mr Moo even admitted that he had committed the offence in a moment of folly. "It was purely a stupid mistake," he said. "My hand was itchy and... I got myself into trouble.
"The two suspects were arrested earlier today and will be charged in Court (on Friday) for an offence of unauthorised modification of computer material under Section 5(1) of the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act, Chapter 50A, which carries a punishment of a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or both," said a police spokesman.
2 charged over Istana hacking
The Istana website was attacked four times by hackers in a span of minutes on Nov 8, a district court heard for the first time.
The Straits Times | 02-12-13
SINGAPORE - The Istana website was attacked four times by hackers in a span of minutes on Nov 8, a district court heard for the first time Friday.
The cyber intrusions were said to have been committed by two suspects, who used a string of computer code to illegally access the website and cause it to display illegitimate images and insulting phrases.
Businessman Delson Moo and student Melvin Teo were each charged Friday with two counts of unauthorised modification of the server which hosted the Istana webpage.
This, just over two weeks after they were first questioned by police over the hacking of the site.
The court heard that Moo and Melvin each made two successful and almost simultaneous intrusions just after 12.30am through the website's search box.
At 12.33am, Melvin allegedly hacked into the site to display the phrase "Patrick Tan For The Win". It is not known who he was referring to exactly.
The 17-year-old then repeated the attack within the next few minutes and posted what appeared to be a caricature of himself and the phrase "Melvin Teo For The Win", over what the webpage would normally display.
Moo, who is 42, allegedly used a similar method to break into the the Istana site twice, starting at 12.34am that same morning.
On both occasions, he caused the webpage to display a picture of an old woman pointing her middle finger, along with a string of offensive words in Hokkien.
The charges against Moo and Melvin were not read together - both their charge sheets also did not bear each other's name, which means they would likely be dealt with separately.
The two are, respectively, the second and third suspects to be charged after the recent string of cyber attacks reported here. The first was James Raj Arokiasamy, the alleged hacker who used "The Messiah" pseudonym.
The 35-year-old, accused of hacking a town council website last month, has been remanded for further investigations. Police had said previously that Moo and Melvin are not linked to James Raj. The businessman and James Raj are both represented by lawyer M. Ravi.
On Friday, Moo arrived at court accompanied by his wife and Mr Ravi, while Melvin was with his parents.
Melvin was released on $10,000 bail, but Moo's bail was doubled to $20,000 after he was granted permission to leave Singapore for a family holiday in Thailand next month. He will be required to report to the police within 24 hours of his return.
Both men declined to speak to reporters when approached.
The pre-trial conference for both their cases will be held on Jan 24.
Businessman claims trial over Istana website hacking
Before he was charged, Moo called his alleged action a "stupid mistake".
Walter Sim
The Straits Times
Thursday, Feb 06, 2014
SINGAPORE - A businessman accused of hacking into and defacing the website of the Istana last November will claim trial, said his lawyer on Monday after a pre-trial conference.
Delson Moo, 42, will contest two charges of unauthorised modification of the server which hosted the Istana website, said his lawyer, Mr M. Ravi.
He said he will be scouting for computer experts based in New York and London to line up as witnesses for his client.
Moo, a director of two IT-related firms and an online store selling baby products and women's clothes, was charged last November under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act. So too was Institute of Technical Education student Melvin Teo, 17, who faces the same charges.
Each allegedly made two almost simultaneous intrusions into the server of the Istana website just after 12.30am on Nov 8 and put up insulting phrases and illegitimate images.
Moo, it was earlier reported, had allegedly made the webpage display a picture of an old woman pointing her middle finger, alongside offensive words in Hokkien.
The cases against the two men - Facebook friends who had not met in person at the time of the alleged offences - will likely be dealt with separately.
"My hand was itchy and ... I got myself into trouble," Moo said two weeks before he was charged on Nov 29, calling it "purely a stupid mistake".
Another pre-trial conference for Moo will be on April 14, while Melvin's case will next be heard on Feb 28. If found guilty, they may be fined up to $10,000 or jailed for up to three years, or both. The cases against three others for a wave of cyber intrusions late last year are also pending.
Mr Ravi, who also represents James Raj Arokiasamy, 35, the alleged hacker behind "The Messiah" pseudonym, previously said his client will claim trial for one charge of hacking into the Ang Mo Kio Town Council website on Oct 28 and four drug charges. A pre-trial conference for his case is scheduled next Monday.
Meanwhile, unemployed Mohammad Azhar Tahir, 27, and his brother, disc jockey Mohammad Asyiq, 21, face 16 charges in all for cyber-hacking offences. Both are accused of hacking into the social media and e-mail accounts of Ah Boys To Men actor Ridhwan Azman, among other offences. They are due back in court on Feb 21.
Melvin Teo, 18, is the second person to be convicted of unauthorised use of a computer service by hacking into a government website.
Elena Chong
The Straits Times
Monday, Jul 07, 2014
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.
