Hacking a serious offence: DPM
Teo
The recent spate
of Singapore websites getting hacked should not be taken lightly,
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean (right) said
yesterday.
Hacking "cause inconvenience to others and... sometimes serious
disruptions to services which are important to many people in the
country", he said.
He was speaking to the media on the sidelines of a
parenthood event at the Pasir Ris Elias Community Club.
On Wednesday, the websites of 13 schools, including
Raffles Girls School (secondary), St Andrew's Junior College and
Henderson Secondary School, were hacked by a person or group who
signed off as "Jack Riderr".
The Singapore Art Museum also said on the same day
that the names, e-mail addresses and, in some instances,
nationalities of 4,000 individuals on its online mailing list had
been illegally published on a New Zealand-based website on Nov
5.
The authorities said they were still investigating
if the museum's website had been hacked.
Mr Teo's who is also Minister for Home Affairs and
Coordinating Minister for National Security, vowed to "take action
against (the perpetrators) if we can find them", The Straits Times
reported.
News, The New Paper, Monday, November 25 2013, Pg 4
