[h=1]Local used car website allegedly hacked by Malaysian football fans[/h]
ChannelNewsasia.com - 8 hrs 30 mins ago
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SINGAPORE: A website belonging to a Singapore company was hacked, in what seems to be the aftermath of the national football team's aggregate victory over Malaysia in last week's World Cup qualifying matches.
In what appears to be a job done by a group of Malaysian hackers, Singapore Cars Online - a website dealing with used cars - was targeted on Saturday at about 7pm, website manager Vincent Tan told TODAY.
The hackers who called themselves "M43L Tro0pers" posted a picture of Malaysia's national striker Mohd Safee Mohd Sali in the centre of the site's home page and said that they were angry with the Singapore fans.
They also included a message directed at Singapore fans, accusing them of being "so rude" and said the Singapore team had won because of their foreign players. The hackers also left a message for the website owners: "Don't worry, we didn't harm your database."
Mr Tan said administrators discovered the hacking at about 10pm on Saturday and the website was restored at 5pm on Sunday.
He said it was the first time in nine years that the website was hacked. He added they do not intend to pursue the matter as there were "no major disruptions".
Downplaying the incident, Mr Tan said: "All of our safeguards are in place but hacking is unavoidable to any website ⦠there is no need to spoil neighbourly relations." -
ChannelNewsasia.com - 8 hrs 30 mins ago
<cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Local used car website allegedly hacked...</cite>
SINGAPORE: A website belonging to a Singapore company was hacked, in what seems to be the aftermath of the national football team's aggregate victory over Malaysia in last week's World Cup qualifying matches.
In what appears to be a job done by a group of Malaysian hackers, Singapore Cars Online - a website dealing with used cars - was targeted on Saturday at about 7pm, website manager Vincent Tan told TODAY.
The hackers who called themselves "M43L Tro0pers" posted a picture of Malaysia's national striker Mohd Safee Mohd Sali in the centre of the site's home page and said that they were angry with the Singapore fans.
They also included a message directed at Singapore fans, accusing them of being "so rude" and said the Singapore team had won because of their foreign players. The hackers also left a message for the website owners: "Don't worry, we didn't harm your database."
Mr Tan said administrators discovered the hacking at about 10pm on Saturday and the website was restored at 5pm on Sunday.
He said it was the first time in nine years that the website was hacked. He added they do not intend to pursue the matter as there were "no major disruptions".
Downplaying the incident, Mr Tan said: "All of our safeguards are in place but hacking is unavoidable to any website ⦠there is no need to spoil neighbourly relations." -
