Probation for hacker who cracked 14,000 meconnect accounts t...

SINGAPORE: A man who wanted to watch HBO shows for free decided to hack into meconnect accounts to find those with subscriptions to the TV network. Using email addresses and passwords leaked in data breaches on other platforms, he illegally accessed more than 14,000 meconnect accounts before being nabbed. Sufian Iskandar, 24, was sentenced to 15 months of probation on Monday (Jan 20), which includes 60 hours of community service and a curfew. He earlier pleaded guilty to two charges under the Computer Misuse Act, with two more charges considered in sentencing. Mediacorp, which owns CNA, operates meconnect as the single login system for the various digital platforms on which it delivers content to audiences. On Jan 22 and 23, 2023, more than 10 million login requests to meconnect were made from an IP address. Mediacorp observed this spike on Jan 25, 2023. More than 14,000 unique use...