Singapore Press Holdings (SPH)

[Ben]

The Money section of today's paper was missing. I went back to the old uncle selling the papers to ask for an exchange and he told me the Money section was not delivered to him today. He offered me a refund which surprises me. Did u people received the Money section?

[Greenrookie]

The Money section of today's paper was missing. I went back to the old uncle selling the papers to ask for an exchange and he told me the Money section was not delivered to him today. He offered me a refund which surprises me. Did u people received the Money section?

Mine has it

[Dividend Warrior]

‘Anonymous’ hacker targets Straits Times website

SINGAPORE — A hacker claiming to be part of the Anonymous collective broke into the Straits Times website today (Nov 1), two days after the group purportedly posted a YouTube video threatening to attack the Singapore Government, and promised more to come if a reporter does not apologise for an article deemed “misleading”.

In a statement released later in the morning, a Singapore Press Holdings spokesperson confirmed that the site had been hacked into and a police report had been made.

Said the spokesperson: "A section of the Straits Times website was hacked into earlier this morning. We have taken down the affected blogs.

"We have also made a police report, and the police are investigating."

The hacker, who goes by the moniker “The Messiah”, hacked into the blog of reporter Irene Tham and posted a message under her name with the headline: “Dear ST: You just got hacked for misleading the people!”

In the Straits Times article, "Government agencies on alert after hackers threaten attacks" dated Nov 1, the quote "we will be forced to go to war with you" was attributed to the YouTube video posted two days ago.

“The Messiah” said he was unhappy that the reporter “chose to conveniently modify the sentence ‘war against the Singapore Government’ into ‘war against Singapore’”.

“That in our opinion can be very misleading,” the hacker posted on the blog, which has since been taken down.

The hacker added that the collective will give the reporter “48 hours to make an apology to the citizens of Singapore for trying to mislead them with her hate. In the event she refuses to apologise then we expect her resignation. If those demands are met we will be on our way.”

In this morning's post, “The Messiah” stated: “The media has also misled our intentions by stating that we had plans to attack the infrastructure of Singapore on the 5th of November. That is ONLY our intention if the internet framework gets implemented. Not otherwise.”

Full article : http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/ano...es-website

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I hope the hackers do not target the CDP system. Fingers crossed.......

[NTL]

If they are targeting the government and not the people, then they will not target CDP. That will make alot of people angry with them. They want to make themselves look like good guys, targeting the 'bad'.

[lonewolf]

With many of the govt e-services now an integral part of our lives, any attack on the govt online infrastructure equates to an attack on Singapore and our way of lives.

If CPF e-services get hacked, you will need to go down physically to one of the CPF offices for your statements, transactions history, contribution history, CPF IS details etc.

If HDB e-services get hacked, you will need to go down to a HDB office to do an Application for HDB Loan Eligibility (HLE), Eligibility check for HDB Housing Loan, Eligibility Check for purchase of new or resale HDB flat, Eligibility Check for purchase of new or resale HDB flat, Enquiry on Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) Financial Plan, Enquiry on HDB Loan Eligibility (HLE) Status, Enquiry On Maximum Loan, Enquiry On Monthly Instalment, Enquiry on Sales Financial Plan, Legal Fees Enquiry Facility, Enquire Status of HDB´s Upgrading/Estate Renewal Programme, Enquiry on Available Dates for Resale First Appointment, Enquiry on Buyers eligibility under the Ethnic Integration Policy and SPR Quota. And these are just for buying a new flats. There's more e-services for selling your flat, renting your flat, business, parking labels, parking fines payment, parking fines appeals, renovation matters etc.

If LTA e-services get hacked, you cannot pay LTA fines and fees, renew road tax, buy eDay services, covert OPC to Reviced OPC, Renew COE, Apply for New Heavy Vehicle Park License, Apply for Trade Plate, submit an appeal etc..

If ICA e-services get hacked, you get do e-appointment, submit your passport renewal, submit your IC application, change your address, extend your short term visit pass, apply for visit pass.

I can probably go on but the pt is that a lot of the e-services we have taken for granted in the last 5 to 10 yr is under treat from the Anonymous Group. Should we take the treat seriously?? Check out this timeline of events associated with the group and decide for yourself.

[CityFarmer]

The Money section of today's paper was missing. I went back to the old uncle selling the papers to ask for an exchange and he told me the Money section was not delivered to him today. He offered me a refund which surprises me. Did u people received the Money section?

Mine has it

I have mine too.

[CityFarmer]

The Nielsen survey might give a clearer picture of SPH core business...

More people reading news on mobile devices

SINGAPORE — More people are using mobile devices to get their news fix, but printed newspapers remain the staple read for the majority of the adult population here.

According to the findings of a Nielsen survey released yesterday, 65 per cent of those aged 15 and above said they read a hard copy newspaper on an average daily basis, a decline of 4 percentage points compared to last year. In comparison, 12 per cent of the adult population said they usually read the digital versions of newspapers here on their mobile devices, up by 5 percentage points.

Aggregate readership, which comprises online and hard copy readership, for newspapers fell across the board. Compared to last year, The Straits Times’ readership fell by 14,000 to 1.37 million, while The New Paper saw a decline of 107,000 readers to 382,000.

TODAY’s readership dropped by 145,000 to 585,000. It remained the second most-read English newspaper here with a reach of 14.3 per cent — a decline of 4 percentage points. Readership of todayonline.com was 97,000, up 28 per cent compared to last year.

The survey found that TODAY is read by higher-income groups, with almost seven in 10 aggregate readers indicating a monthly household income of S$5,000 and above, while almost half of its readers (46 per cent) are PMEBs (professionals, managers, executives and businessmen).
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/mor...le-devices

[opmi]

for mobile / online ads, it is usually pay per click. No click no $ for SPH.

for physical newspapers, it is cost per thousand impressions. $$$ to SPH even if it is ZERO response.

[specuvestor]

Physical newspaper is an expense. It generally cost more to print than sell. But it is an expense INCIDENTAL to advertising revenue.

The key to me is how SPH manage their online advertising revenue. I haven't read a newspaper for 6 months.

[CityFarmer]

for mobile / online ads, it is usually pay per click. No click no $ for SPH.

for physical newspapers, it is cost per thousand impressions. $$$ to SPH even if it is ZERO response.

FYI, the digital circulation is counted for AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS SINGAPORE since 2012, so it is supplementing the paper ads income by higher fees.

Ref: http://abcsingapore.org/images/Media%20r...%20ABC.pdf