The WannaCry Ransomware on May 14, 2017 The WannaCry ransomware grabbed a lot of attention in May 2017 when it attacked about 2,00,000 computers across 150 countries. The WannaCry ransomware did a lot of damage, all of which ranged from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars. Though the source of emanation of the WannaCry cyberattack…
The Hacker Messiah Cyber Attacks on October – December 2013 In the year 2013, Singapore had a lot of cyberattacks come its way, some of which created a lot of damage. The man behind must of these attacks was a member of the hacker’s group “Anonymous,” and he called himself “The Messiah.” Initially, the man was…
Straits Times Website Cyber Breach on November 1, 2013 The Straits Times website cyber breach took place on November 1, 2013. During that time, a hacker, claiming to be a member of the Hacking group Anonymous broke into a section of the popular online news portal Straits Times, demanding a certain news article to be…
SingHealth Cyberattack Singapore on July 20, 2018 On July 20, 2018, a cyberattack, deemed as one of the worst cyberattacks in Singapore happened when hackers stole the personal information of more than 1.5 million people from The SingHealth’s database. Among the victims was Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, whose medical information was targeted repeatedly. Known…
SingPass Cyber Breach on June 2, 2014 On June 2, 2014, it was reported that the system of the SingPass could have been breached. SingPass is a single factor authentication system which allows users to log into different government e-services through the internet. The SingPass cyber breach was suspected when the Singpass operator informed the…
Singapore School Cyber Breach on November 20, 2013 On 20 November 2013, the websites of Singapore School Cyber Breach were defaced at 13 schools between a short time of 3.30pm and 5.00pm. This breach, at least, didn’t seem to come with any ill intention, still gave a lot of lessons to learn. All the sites…
Singapore Bank Data Breach Could Be Next Target After the Singhealth data breach, where the personal data of at least 1.5 million patients was stolen, speculations have already begun that the banks could be the next target. With the hackers targeting bigger websites, it is very likely that banks would be the next place where…
Seletar Airport Cyberattack Cyber Breach on November 11, 2013 The Seletar Airport cyberattack was yet another website breach in Singapore in 2013, which came in like a wave between October and December. The damages were not so much; the site only had been modified to display a black and green background with an image of…
Prime Minister Office Website Cyber Breach on November 7, 2013 In 2013, hackers threatened to ruin Singapore’s Information Technology. This created a lot of negative buzzes everywhere because it was already apparent that the cybercrimes had been increasing dramatically in the country. Due to this, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in one of this statements,…
PAP Website Cyber Breach on October 17, 2013 The PAP website cyber breach was one of the initial cyberattacks carried out by “The Messiah” in 2013. Following the Singapore government imposing specific new rules concerning the online news portals, a hacker got into a lot of websites and also threatened to take apart Singapore’s IT…