Originally posted by eagle:
Odex website hacked
By Chua Hian Hou
ANIME distributor Odex's website was defaced by an unknown hacker
on Wednesday night, and is now down.
After breaking into the site, the perpetrator put up a note urging
a boycott of the anime distributor's products, suggesting ways to
continue downloading anime without getting found out. He also urged
readers to 'trust' his allegations that the controversial company
was 'bad and evil'.
An Odex spokesman said the company had taken down the site, and
would make a police report.
Odex incurred the wrath of the Singapore online community -
most of whom are pro-piracy, according to a
government survey - after it sent out hundreds of letters to
alleged anime downloaders, demanding they pay it between $3,000 and
$5,000 or face further legal action.
Anti-Odex sentiment was further stoked when District Judge Ernest
Lau turned down Odex's application for a court order to obtain get
the names of alleged downloaders from Internet service provider
Pacific Internet, on the grounds that Odex by itself could not sue
infringers, even though it had the backing of the studios
which did have the right to sue.
Users on sites like HardwareZone, sgCafe and Xedo Defense cheered
the news that the site had been hacked.
The IT consultant running Xedo Defense, who declined to give his
real name, said he 'cannot help feeling a sense of glee, but I
would have to say I will not support such actions, even if Odex
deserves it.'
Security expert Aloysius Cheang said the attack on Odex did not
appear to be a very sophisticated one. It was 'probably the work of
an individual, since no organised hacker group has claimed credit
for it so far', he added.
From the language used in the hacker's note, Mr Cheang believed the
perpetrator was someone living here.
As Odex's site is hosted locally, Mr Cheang said the company can
make a police report. As all attacks leave digital trails, there
was a good chance the perpetrator could eventually be identified,
he said.
It is an offence under the Computer Misuse Act to access computers
or modify data on them without permission, and those convicted face
penalties of up to $15,000 and five years jail.[/b]
Si Hian Hou. Say until like anyone anti-Odex is a bad guy. Simi
pro-piracy sai. Don't like what Ernest Lau say then quit being as a
reporter and go be a judge yourself la. 
