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08-11-2013, 10:20 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
10 Political Myths/Urban Legends About Singapore
2) The Messiah and Anonymous will face the death penalty if caught.
I touch on this in my previous post:
http://anyhowhantam.blogspot.sg/2013...t-messiah.html (http://anyhowhantam.blogspot.sg/2013/11/tnps-melvin-singh-is-idiot-but-messiah.html)
Although threats and acts of war could attract the death penalty upon conviction, it's very unlikely the Messiah and Co, would ever face a capital charge. It would require far more than just mere threats and simple hacking. Even if they were 'responsible' for the 'planned maintenance shutdown' of Govt sites over the weekend, I don't think the threshold has been crossed to attract that drastic charge. They would most likely be charged under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act, or be detained under the Internal Security Act. But first the Govt needs to catch them. There's always a possibility they might be caught, but as seems certain that they are operating from overseas, the Govt will need the support of friendly countries to assist in the detection and apprehension. (By the way last night, the search page from the PMO was directed to a Stomp page with an Anonymous photo inserted. Again this did not crash the main PMO webpage, just the search option and this I gather has been fixed with the search page taken down for maintenance. Not something dramatic just an easy SQL injection, but as usual it has got some people believing in doomsday scenarios with traffic lights going out etc. The link is below)
http://www.therealsingapore.com/cont...hunt-them-down (http://www.therealsingapore.com/content/anonymous-attacks-pmo-website-despite-pm-lee%E2%80%99s-threats-hunt-them-down)
3) The Govt is actually behind the attack, in order to win support and bolster its position.
This is another urban legend that been making the rounds. The timing of an announcement of a $130 million cyber protection program and the series of planned maintenance, has caused some to believe the Govt is actually behind the whole thing. Of course no one can prove this, and as such the Govt will enjoy the benefit of doubt.
However it's also clear that these incidents can easily cause 'copycat' hackers to emerge and lay the blame on Anonymous. All this is conjecture, but it's also very telling that if more drastic hacking is inflicted, it can turn a sizable number of swing voters over to the Govt's side. With a pliant media ever ready to leap to their side, any hacking close to elections, could very well be the deciding factor. Anonymous should back down from its threat and voters should be careful and more discerning, if they were to occur. They should not believe everything they read.
So much for the myths surrounding the hacking. here are others that have been associated with Singapore.
http://anyhowhantam.blogspot.sg/2013...nds-about.html (http://anyhowhantam.blogspot.sg/2013/11/10-political-mythsurban-legends-about.html#!/2013/11/10-political-mythsurban-legends-about.html)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?167937-10-Political-Myths-Urban-Legends-About-Singapore&goto=newpost).
10 Political Myths/Urban Legends About Singapore
2) The Messiah and Anonymous will face the death penalty if caught.
I touch on this in my previous post:
http://anyhowhantam.blogspot.sg/2013...t-messiah.html (http://anyhowhantam.blogspot.sg/2013/11/tnps-melvin-singh-is-idiot-but-messiah.html)
Although threats and acts of war could attract the death penalty upon conviction, it's very unlikely the Messiah and Co, would ever face a capital charge. It would require far more than just mere threats and simple hacking. Even if they were 'responsible' for the 'planned maintenance shutdown' of Govt sites over the weekend, I don't think the threshold has been crossed to attract that drastic charge. They would most likely be charged under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act, or be detained under the Internal Security Act. But first the Govt needs to catch them. There's always a possibility they might be caught, but as seems certain that they are operating from overseas, the Govt will need the support of friendly countries to assist in the detection and apprehension. (By the way last night, the search page from the PMO was directed to a Stomp page with an Anonymous photo inserted. Again this did not crash the main PMO webpage, just the search option and this I gather has been fixed with the search page taken down for maintenance. Not something dramatic just an easy SQL injection, but as usual it has got some people believing in doomsday scenarios with traffic lights going out etc. The link is below)
http://www.therealsingapore.com/cont...hunt-them-down (http://www.therealsingapore.com/content/anonymous-attacks-pmo-website-despite-pm-lee%E2%80%99s-threats-hunt-them-down)
3) The Govt is actually behind the attack, in order to win support and bolster its position.
This is another urban legend that been making the rounds. The timing of an announcement of a $130 million cyber protection program and the series of planned maintenance, has caused some to believe the Govt is actually behind the whole thing. Of course no one can prove this, and as such the Govt will enjoy the benefit of doubt.
However it's also clear that these incidents can easily cause 'copycat' hackers to emerge and lay the blame on Anonymous. All this is conjecture, but it's also very telling that if more drastic hacking is inflicted, it can turn a sizable number of swing voters over to the Govt's side. With a pliant media ever ready to leap to their side, any hacking close to elections, could very well be the deciding factor. Anonymous should back down from its threat and voters should be careful and more discerning, if they were to occur. They should not believe everything they read.
So much for the myths surrounding the hacking. here are others that have been associated with Singapore.
http://anyhowhantam.blogspot.sg/2013...nds-about.html (http://anyhowhantam.blogspot.sg/2013/11/10-political-mythsurban-legends-about.html#!/2013/11/10-political-mythsurban-legends-about.html)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?167937-10-Political-Myths-Urban-Legends-About-Singapore&goto=newpost).