Singapore Forms New Cyber Security Agency
Singapore's government will set up a new agency to strengthen cyber security, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's office said Tuesday, amid more reports of high-profile hacking incidents worldwide.
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, to be established on April 1, "will provide dedicated and centralized oversight of national cyber security functions," Lee's office said in a statement.
The creation of the new agency follows a string of attacks on Singapore government portals, including the websites of the office of the prime minister and the president in 2013, as well as other hacking incidents around the world. In neighboring Malaysia, the website of Malaysia Airlines was commandeered Monday by hackers who referenced Islamic State jihadists and claimed to be from the "Lizard Squad", a group known for previous denial-of-service attacks.
