Singapore's Straits Times website hacked by Anonymous

Hacking group Anonymous has reportedly targeted its latest attack on Singapore's main newspaper, The Straits Times.

The hack-attack comes days after a person claiming to be part of Anonymous posted an online video threatening to hit out at the country's infrastructure, protesting against Singapore's new licensing regulations for news sites.

According to the BBC, the hacker, dubbed as The Messiah, said that the newspaper's report on the video was misleading and in turn he posted a comment on the site saying that it got hacked for doing so.

The hacker posted that the Straits Times reporter who blogged on the video chose to conveniently modify the sentence 'war against the Singapore government' into 'war against Singapore', which can be very misleading.

The hacker further added that the media had misled their intentions by stating that they had plans to attack the infrastructure of Singapore on the 5th of November, while their intention of doing so is only when the internet framework gets implemented and not otherwise.

The report added that under the new licensing regulations, sites that report regularly on issues relating to Singapore and have significant reach among readers require individual licences.