SINGAPORE – Twenty years ago, the threat of radicalised individuals mainly took the form of young and middle-aged men in organised groups. Today, the danger also comes from self-radicalised lone wolves – including teenagers and women – who wield everyday instruments as weapons to carry out attacks on their own. The key difference between 2001... » read more
The Straits Times looks at 20 years of securing Singapore following the Sept 11 attacks. Sept 11, 2001: A series of coordinated attacks through hijacked planes by Al-Qaeda against the United States takes place, resulting in the deadliest terrorist attack in history. Dec 9, 2001: Six Singaporean Jemaah Islamiah (JI) members are arrested by the... » read more
SINGAPORE – A Singaporean businessman who helped fund terrorist attacks in Syria was sentenced to three years and 10 months’ jail in a district court on Thursday (Sept 9). Mohamed Kazali Salleh, now 51, admitted that he had committed offences under the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act. He had been detained under the Internal Security... » read more
SINGAPORE – There has been no uptick in heart attacks or strokes among vaccinated people, and no evidence that the Covid-19 vaccines used here can directly cause them, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said on Thursday (May 6). “A greater frequency of heart attacks and strokes has not been observed in vaccinated persons locally and... » read more
TOKYO • The organising committee of the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has trained 220 IT security experts or so-called white-hat hackers to protect the Games from cyber attacks. The “ethical hackers” now working for the organising committee are mostly employees of Japanese multinational conglomerates, including NTT and NEC. They have undergone an extensive training... » read more
TOKYO • Organisers said they were on constant alert for cyber attacks yesterday but had yet to suffer “significant impact” after Britain accused Russia of targeting the Tokyo Olympics. Britain’s foreign ministry said Russian spies attacked the 2020 Games’ organisers, logistics services and sponsors before the event was postponed by one year because of the... » read more