Istana site hacking, guess the opposition parties?

[Green Light]

The MESS-siah. Now where did Mr Melvin Teo get so many #WP's flag, especially that big red official one?

2 of 3 Photos are from #WP's facebook page.

ST - Istana site hacking: Businessman and student questioned -- Duo not linked to alleged hacker said to be behind 'The Messiah' moniker - [[Like Mr Moo, Melvin writes a blog and is an active user of Facebook and Twitter. But his Facebook page was taken down last night.

Before it was removed, Melvin's Facebook page featured two caricatures of himself, which were similar to the one that apparently appeared on the Istana's website with the words, "Melvin Teo For The Win", when it was hacked last week.

The former Pei Hwa Secondary School student describes himself as a car and computer enthusiast on his Instagram account, which was filled with images of different cars and computer parts.

In September, he posted on his blog that he had started a small project to custom-build a computer for gaming after learning how to do so from watching YouTube videos.

The MESS-siah. Look at that computer system setup! No wonder there are so many of them out there. That's what I called an Internet Brigade (IB). Looks like I need a system upgrade to live up to the name they have given me.

Istana site hacking: Businessman and student questioned -- Duo not linked to alleged hacker said to be behind 'The Messiah' moniker

 

[tonychat]

WEll done, hope more people hack the istana website

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Multiple screen set ups. Not really useful unless u just want to try the latest in gaming are a serious trader or using it as a security system.

 

[Tuayapeh]

Looks damm kelong to me....charge first then say.a...questioning si sini lanjiao...pap says questioning means guilty liao har?

I didnt know the CLTPA also cover fixing the opposition too leh........kekekekeek.

 

[Extremist]

"Makes sense that a WP Supporter would target the Istana site.

Look at their Manifesto URL "abolished+and+the+Presidency" http://www.wp.org.sg/index.php...

From the Manifesto:1. The Office of Elected President should be abolished and the Presidency should be reverted to its former ceremonial position. The power of Parliament as the people’s representatives should be unfettered. The abolition of this office should be done in tandem with electoral reform to ensure maximum participation by voters and contestants at Parliamentary elections.

 

[Suspicion]

Teen admits hacking Istana site for ‘a joke’

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.

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[chonburifc]

Wah, Now PAP like to tekan the students. But hor, good lor. All enemies of PAP must be destroyed!!!!! don't care from which 2 head. ALL MUST DIE!!

LONG LIVE PAP!

 

[palden]

Oppo supporters always got nothing better to do in life and blame the Gahment instead of themselves for their sorry plight.

 

[steffychun]

Stupid. In other countries they hire hackers to be cyber warriors.

 

[phouse3]

"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," Teo's lawyer said.

The Real Singapore is the website that carried the messages from The Messiah. Without TRS' involvement, the whole episode would not have happened as no other websites dared to carry The Messiah's messages.

Guess who are behind TRS? What is the lowest common factor?

The best hackers in the world are teenagers. Is Teo naive?

We also saw 5 teenagers who performed Spiderman stunts that adults couldn't.