The two brothers, initially arrested in connection with the hacking of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) website on Nov 8, now face a total of 16 charges under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act in Singapore’s courts for separate cyber crimes.
The prosecution on Friday tendered 10 charges in court against Mohammad Azhar Tahir, 27. They include the unauthorised modification of content on the PMO site, illegally accessing a neighbour’s wireless Internet service, and hacking into various social media and e-mail accounts of Ah Boys To Men actor Ridhwan Azman, The Start Online Reports.
The younger brother, Mohammad Asyiq Tahir, 21, faces six similar charges, including one for hacking into the Facebook page of his former girlfriend Woo Huijing, on Nov 4.
Azhar, unemployed, was accused of hacking into the PMO site on Nov 7, causing it to show an image of a mask and two phrases over what the webpage would normally display.
The two brothers are also accused of separately hacking into seven different social media and e-mail accounts belonging to Ridhwan on Nov 5.
Both men released on $10,000 bail with their passports impounded and the case against them will be heard again on Jan 6.