8 reasonable responses to the supposed hacking of the Prime Minister's Office website

It can't get any more reasonable than this.

Belmont Lay| November 08, 04:06 AM

So, you must have heard: A section of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) website was hacked into late Thursday night.

But the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has since said in a statement that the PMO website was reported to be "compromised" on Thursday at 11.17pm.

Not exactly a hack, if you want to be precise about it, as this is apparently some kind of vulnerability in the website that was exploited to display pages from other sources.

For those who speak geek, this is known as "cross-site scripting". Mmm ok.

As this is the latest in a series of hacks in Singapore, the reactions have been divided: Some for, some against and generally everyone has an opinion about it.

 

Here are 8 responses that cover the spectrum:

1. Some thought it was as exciting as espionage.

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2. And some thought it was meh.

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3. Some got really defensive:

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4. And some saw it as a business opportunity:

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5. Some came up with a scathing take with somewhat arousing imagery

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6. And some are just scathing with a bit of grammar problem:

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7. And the award for the most thoughtful response goes to:

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Ok, this post came out just before the PMO hack. But what the heck, it is thoughtful. Read it.

 

8. And some trololololo:

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