i realized that the recent cybercrimes in singapore are really petty (or nerdy) things. well nerd in my own sense of course.. (:
the first that i read which happened 3 years ago is about a guy who sold gaming accounts online. after receiving the money, he will not change the email, but use it to reset the password after the other user has changed it. then he will sell it again! sounds childish, but he ripped in a lot of money through that avatar. he got caught after one of his buyers found the trend and used another friend to help catch him. he was fined $3K which i think is kinda lenient compared to my next news..
this is about a poor RJC boy who was just too overcompetitive and pressured i guess. he is a chinese national who came here to study (on scholarship i guess since hes in RJ) he did super well in his As, but felt the need to check his classmates results as well. so he hacked into the RJC databased and was just loading his schoolmates results when a techie caught him. Its sad that he was fined the max fine of 15K!! but due to his harmless deed, he was not jailed (which could've been up to 5 years..) really, i dont know how kids are falling into this pressure nowadays.. hacking into a schools system just to check your friends grades?!?! i would think hacking into it to change your grades seem more like a push factor... either way. its wrong of course... but yes. motive is really questionable here. haha.
http://www.crimelibrary.com.sg/story/embody.asp?id=38655
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