Singapore arrests man, investigates others over hacker attacks


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 12 Nov 2013

SINGAPORE: Singapore charged on Tuesday a 35-year-old man suspected of hacking a website linked to the prime minister and police said five other men were assisting in separate investigations into a recent series of high-profile hacker attacks. 

Hacker attacks by people claiming links to international hacker collective Anonymous, including one on the official sites of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Tony Tan, have raised questions about the strength of cyberdefences in the wealthy South-East Asian city-state. 

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