Subpage on Prime Minster's Office website hacked

Subpage on Prime Minster's Office website hacked

"Vulnerability was exploited to display pages from other sources, said IDAmailView all 0 commentsShare on Tumblr6 HOURS 36 MIN AGOSINGAPORE — A subpage on the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) website was hacked into late on Thursday night (Nov 7).A “vulnerability”, known as cross-site scripting, in that subpage was reported to be exploited at 11.17pm to display pages from other sources, said the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) in a statement issued at about 1.30am this morning (Nov 8).Cross-site scripting, one of the more common hacking techniques, exploits vulnerabilities in web-based applications, their servers or plug-in systems to fold malicious content into the content being delivered from the compromised site.“The PMO main website is still working, and we are working to restore the page that has been compromised,” said the IDA.The matter is under investigation.The statement did not specify who the hackers were, and the compromised page has been taken offline. The latest intrusion comes after hackers threatened to cripple Singapore’s information technology infrastructure last week.Twitter user @MrMelvinTeo put up a tweet early this morning suggesting that a similar loophole existed in the Istana website (http://www.istana.gov.sg) and included a screenshot as proof. The page also appears to have been taken offline.On Wednesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong issued a warning to those who threaten to launch a cyber-attack on the Government’s IT infrastructure. He had said the authorities would “spare no effort to try and track down” the person or group behind the threats."

The pics are hilarous!!!