Anonymous activists hack Singapore newspaper over internet freedom
The website of the pro-government Straits Times was hacked early in the day by apparent members of the group, which was opposing recently introduced licensing rules for news websites in Singapore.
Activist group Anonymous hacked a Singaporean newspaper website yesterday and threatened wider cyber attacks over internet freedom, with government agencies reportedly on alert after the group said it would "wage war" on the city state.
The website of the pro-government Straits Times was hacked early in the day by apparent members of the group, which was opposing recently introduced licensing rules for news websites in Singapore.
The attackers, using the name "Messiah", took over the blog of a Straits Times journalist, saying she had distorted "our words and intentions" in a report on the group's threat a day earlier to "wage war" on the Singaporean government to protest internet curbs.
"We oppose any form of internet censorship among other things," said a post on the journalist's hacked blog, which had been taken offline.
The hackers urged the journalist to apologise within 48 hours "to the citizens of Singapore for trying to mislead them".
If she failed to apologise, "then we expect her resignation", the hacker added. "If those demands are met we will be on our way. But in the event our demands are not met in the next 48 hours, we will place you in our 'to do' list and next time you wont (sic) be let off this easy."