Man charged with hacking AMK Town Council website

[SINGAPORE] Following a series of cyberattacks and threats against Singapore's government, the man behind the Guy Fawkes mask is now allegedly six different people. The police have charged a man with allegedly hacking the Ang Mo Kio Town Council website and rounded up another five suspects for attacking the websites belonging to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and Istana.

For his alleged defacement of the town council's website, James Raj s/o Arokiasamy, 35, was charged under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act yesterday. A balding and skinny man whose birthday falls on National Day, James appeared in the Subordinate Court yesterday to hear the charge against him.

He is accused of defacing the town council website with an image of the Guy Fawkes mask and a banner of text referring to himself as "The Messiah". The Guy Fawkes mask is a symbol associated with hacktivist group Anonymous.