Singapore Cyber Attack

Singapore's privacy watchdog today imposed fines of Sg$1 million, or $740,000,on a healthcare provider and an IT agency over a cyber-attack that saw health records of about quarter of the population stolen.

Hackers have stolen the health records of 1.5 million Singaporeans including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, authorities said Friday, with the leader specifically targeted in the city-state's biggest ever data breach.

A proposed law in Singapore that would allow authorities to ban the transmission of images from terror attacks and reports about security operations has drawn criticism from non-government bodies and security experts as a curb on press freedom.

For the first time, the Shangri-La Dialogue conference allotted one of its six special sessions to cyber-security.

To be established on April 1, the agency "will provide dedicated and centralised oversight of national cyber-security functions."

A Singaporean court today jailed a 28-year-old Singaporean for two months for defacing the Prime Minister's website during a rash of cyber attacks in the city-state last year.

Activist group Anonymous hacked a Singapore newspaper website Friday and threatened wider cyber attacks over Internet freedom, with government agencies reportedly on alert after the group said it would "wage war" with the city-state.

Singapore's privacy watchdog today imposed fines of Sg$1 million, or $740,000,on a healthcare provider and an IT agency over a cyber-attack that saw health records of about quarter of the population stolen.

Hackers have stolen the health records of 1.5 million Singaporeans including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, authorities said Friday, with the leader specifically targeted in the city-state's biggest ever data breach.

A proposed law in Singapore that would allow authorities to ban the transmission of images from terror attacks and reports about security operations has drawn criticism from non-government bodies and security experts as a curb on press freedom.

For the first time, the Shangri-La Dialogue conference allotted one of its six special sessions to cyber-security.

To be established on April 1, the agency "will provide dedicated and centralised oversight of national cyber-security functions."

A Singaporean court today jailed a 28-year-old Singaporean for two months for defacing the Prime Minister's website during a rash of cyber attacks in the city-state last year.

Activist group Anonymous hacked a Singapore newspaper website Friday and threatened wider cyber attacks over Internet freedom, with government agencies reportedly on alert after the group said it would "wage war" with the city-state.