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35-year-old James Raj Arokiasamy has been charged under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act for carrying out suspected hack attacks.

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Lawyer M Ravi © shows the charge sheet for James Raj, the suspected "Messiah" hacker, to reporters outside the Subordinate Courts on Nov 12, 2013. (TODAY/Sion Touhig)

SINGAPORE: A 35-year-old man has been charged with hacking the website belonging to Ang Mo Kio Town Council.

James Raj Arokiasamy is accused of doing so from a unit in Dorchester Apartment at Jalan Sri Hartamas in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 28 at about 1.35pm.

 

He is said to have committed the offence by accessing the content management system of the town council and modifying the contents by adding the image of a Guy Fawkes mask to the website.

 

James Raj is also said to have added a banner with the text: "I have been to various sites and seen how they take the initiative to secure their systems. You have a brain & you have money. You had a choice. Don't blame external factors (Anonymous) for this hack. The Messiah ;)".

 

He also allegedly added a banner with a text stating that Member of Parliament Ang Hin Kee would like to resign from his post.

 

Besides one charge under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act, James Raj also faces three prior drug charges, which have been amended. He is accused of consuming drugs on May 25, 2011.

Earlier in court, the prosecution applied for the accused to be remanded at the Institute of Mental Health for psychiatric evaluation. It also asked for him to be further remanded thereafter to help with police investigations.

The prosecution said James Raj had told the police that he suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, borderline disorder and has suicidal tendencies.

 

It added that since investigations are still in the preliminary stages, no access should be granted to third parties.

This request was met with strong objections by James Raj's lawyer, Mr M Ravi, who argued that so far, he has not had access to his client.

 

He said such access should be granted after the accused is held for 48 hours and that denial would be a breach of the constitution.

 

But the prosecution rebutted that under the law, an individual can be held as long as a 20-day period.

Mr Ravi also asked the court for permission to speak with his client for five minutes, which was denied.

The district judge has asked both parties to come back in the afternoon to sort out the matter.

If convicted of hacking a website, an offender can be jailed up to three years and fined S$10,000.

On a second or subsequent conviction, the maximum sentence is five years' jail and S$20,000 fine.

For consuming drugs, James Raj is looking at 10 years' jail and a S$20,000 fine on each count.

 

Hope this guy gets put away for a long long time...

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Why always this lawyer when it comes to defending this type of people/cases?? His track record very good?

 

 

either him or the other dude Subhas.. But Subhas client many end up still hang.. not sure if want to hire him! [sweatdrop]

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Actually after the hack, whole gov keep quiet until suddenly PM say something.

 

Think now we can safely assume that once the PM say something, he may already have leads to who the person is and most probably the police already spring into action. Also, traps were already laid to counter any other attacks that comes after.

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Actually after the hack, whole gov keep quiet until suddenly PM say something.

 

Think now we can safely assume that once the PM say something, he may already have leads to who the person is and most probably the police already spring into action. Also, traps were already laid to counter any other attacks that comes after.

 

i think you are right!!! [thumbsup]

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either him or the other dude Subhas.. But Subhas client many end up still hang.. not sure if want to hire him! [sweatdrop]

At least Ravi may have potential client to escape the gallow, that vietnamese guy.

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Why always this lawyer when it comes to defending this type of people/cases?? His track record very good?

 

 

maybe his dancing around trees impressed all his looney clients.... [laugh][laugh]

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from other sources, this might not be the "Messiah" that Sing Govt is looking for, judging by the date/time of his detention and the latest incident on PM's website.

 

who is the real "Messiah" then? Only time can tell .... [sweatdrop]

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Hacker who calls himself ‘The Messiah’ charged for hacking; More being investigated
James Raj Arokiasamy, the alleged hacker who goes by the moniker "The Messiah", was charged in court on Tuesday for hacking into the website of Ang Mo Kio Town Council on Oct 28.
This came even as more suspects were rounded up by the police in connection with the spate of cyber attacks in recent weeks.
Raj, 35, also faces three drug charges committed in 2011. He had been on the run for the drug offences before he was arrested in a Kuala Lumpur apartment on Nov 4 by Malaysian police acting on information provided by their Singapore counterparts.
Raj is also believed to be involved in other cyber intrusions including that of The Straits Times’ blog site and the People’s Action Party Community Foundation and City Harvest Church’s co-founder Sun Ho’s websites. He was brought back to Singapore and handed over to the police here on Nov 5.
He is alleged to have carried out the cyber attacks from Dorchester Apartments in Kuala Lumpur. If found guilty of offences under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act, he could be fined up to $10,000 and jailed up to three years, or both.
Five other suspects have also been questioned in connection with the cyber hacking of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Istana websites.
Two of the suspects involved in the PMO hacking are brothers and have since been released on police bail. A third suspect in the PMO case is helping investigations.
Two other men, a 17-year-old and a 45 year-old, are being questioned over the hacking of the Instana’s website. They have not been arrested.
The police said the cases against Raj and the two other groups of men are not related.
Separately, five other men were charged on Tuesday morning for vandalism of a wall and pavement of a building along Prinsep Link.
They are alleged to have spray-painted wordings - such as “We are one, we are legion, expect us” - said to be linked to the hacktivist group Anonymous, along with a logo “TSK”, believed to be a band logo.
The five are: Muhammad Fitri Abu Kasim, 24, Danial Ryan Salleh, 25, Mohamad Fadzly Aziz, 21, Muhammad Redzwan Baskin, 26, and Muhammad Qamarul Arifin Sa’adon, 22.
They were released on bail of $15,000 each and had their passports impounded.
If found guilty, they face jail terms of up to three years or a fine of up to $2,000, and caning of between three and eight strokes.
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Hacker who calls himself ‘The Messiah’ charged for hacking; More being investigated
James Raj Arokiasamy, the alleged hacker who goes by the moniker "The Messiah", was charged in court on Tuesday for hacking into the website of Ang Mo Kio Town Council on Oct 28.
This came even as more suspects were rounded up by the police in connection with the spate of cyber attacks in recent weeks.
Raj, 35, also faces three drug charges committed in 2011. He had been on the run for the drug offences before he was arrested in a Kuala Lumpur apartment on Nov 4 by Malaysian police acting on information provided by their Singapore counterparts.
Raj is also believed to be involved in other cyber intrusions including that of The Straits Times’ blog site and the People’s Action Party Community Foundation and City Harvest Church’s co-founder Sun Ho’s websites. He was brought back to Singapore and handed over to the police here on Nov 5.
He is alleged to have carried out the cyber attacks from Dorchester Apartments in Kuala Lumpur. If found guilty of offences under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act, he could be fined up to $10,000 and jailed up to three years, or both.
Five other suspects have also been questioned in connection with the cyber hacking of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Istana websites.
Two of the suspects involved in the PMO hacking are brothers and have since been released on police bail. A third suspect in the PMO case is helping investigations.
Two other men, a 17-year-old and a 45 year-old, are being questioned over the hacking of the Instana’s website. They have not been arrested.
The police said the cases against Raj and the two other groups of men are not related.
Separately, five other men were charged on Tuesday morning for vandalism of a wall and pavement of a building along Prinsep Link.
They are alleged to have spray-painted wordings - such as “We are one, we are legion, expect us” - said to be linked to the hacktivist group Anonymous, along with a logo “TSK”, believed to be a band logo.
The five are: Muhammad Fitri Abu Kasim, 24, Danial Ryan Salleh, 25, Mohamad Fadzly Aziz, 21, Muhammad Redzwan Baskin, 26, and Muhammad Qamarul Arifin Sa’adon, 22.
They were released on bail of $15,000 each and had their passports impounded.

If found guilty, they face jail terms of up to three years or a fine of up to $2,000, and caning of between three and eight strokes.

 

 

whoa!!!! young man nothing to do meh? no job meh? so free? got time, must as well do something productive, get a job, do a business [shakehead]

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I don't think its them

 

Very juvenile IMO.

 

 

those 5 were not the 'hacker' but found spray-painted on the wall and pavement of a building along Prinsep Link.

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