'Anonymous' hacks Singapore Prime Minister's website

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's official website has been hacked by people claiming to be members of the hacking group Anonymous.

 

 

The attack comes a day after Mr Lee said he would track down the group.
He made the comments after a person claiming to be part of the group posted an online video in which he threatened to hack government websites.

Singapore's internet and phone regulator said part of the website had been "compromised" late on Thursday.
"The PMO main website is still working, and we are working to restore the page that has been compromised," the Infocomm Development Authority said in a statement.
The hackers had posted an image of a Guy Fawkes mask - the symbol of the Anonymous group - on the PM's website with the words: "It's great to be Singaporean today."
Media rules Under new rules, unveiled by the Media Development Authority earlier this year, sites "that report regularly on issues relating to Singapore and have significant reach among readers" require individual licences.
The video, which was posted last month, had protested against the government's new rules for news websites.

The website of Singapore's main paper was hacked earlier this month

Earlier this week, Mr Lee said his government would "spare no effort to try and track down the culprits".
"If we can find him, we will bring him to justice and he will be dealt with severely. You may think you're anonymous but we will make that extra effort to find out who you are," he added.
Earlier this month, a hacker - dubbed The Messiah and claiming to be a part of Anonymous - hacked the website of Singapore's main paper, The Straits Times.


He had left a message saying the paper's report on the video was misleading.
According to reports, The Messiah also claimed responsibility for hacking the website of the Ang Mo Kio Town Council last week, the municipal branch of the prime minister's district.
Hackers linked to Anonymous have defaced dozens of websites belonging to Australian businesses and Philippine government agencies during the past week.

 

Anonymous Indonesia hacker claims to have shut down RBA, AFP websites

A member of hacking group Anonymous Indonesia has claimed responsibility for cyber attacks on the websites of the Australian Federal Police and the Reserve Bank.

 

The AFP and the Reserve Bank have confirmed their sites were attacked overnight, though both say the hacker did not gain access to any sensitive information.
The attack comes amid a diplomatic row between Australia and Indonesia, sparked by revelations spies tried to tap the phones of president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife and inner circle.
The AFP website was still down about 10.30am AEDT but is now running again, and Commissioner Tony Negus says the agency is investigating the attack.
"We have had an attack on the open source website, not connected to secret networks, but there has been an attempt on our website this morning which is being dealt with," he told reporters.
"I am not sure who is the perpetrator but we are investigating that."
An AFP spokesperson had earlier told the ABC the agency takes any attack "very seriously" and warned hacking is a criminal activity, not "harmless fun".


"All information on the AFP website is publically available. No sensitive information is hosted on the AFP website," the spokesperson added.
The Reserve Bank has also confirmed its website was "the subject of a denial of service attack" about 2.00am.
"There has been no outage, but the bank's website may have been slow for some users," a spokesman said.
The spokesman says protective measures were "effectively deployed" and that the bank's systems remain secure.
The hacker used a series of Twitter posts to claim the sites were successfully shut down, adding: "I'm ready for this war."

 Anonymous Indonesia has previously claimed to have hacked more than 150 Australian sites to protest against allegations that Australia used its Jakarta embassy as a spy base.