Two youths, Pang Soon Chen and David Kok Tuck Whye, were recently sentenced to 15 and 8 months’ imprisonment respectively for hacking into the computer systems of 54 unsuspecting Internet users. They not only illegally obtained passwords of SingNet (a local Internet Service Provider) and National University of Singapore account holders, they also used these passwords to surf the Web and posted some of these passwords on "Sicknet", their US-hosted public website.
In December 1998, Kok had experienced problems with his personal computer system, which he communicated to his friend, Pang. Pang later identified the problem: Kok’s system had been hacked into by a Netbus program. This program was then downloaded and used by the duo to get the names and passwords of their victims.
