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Song Yick Biau considers himself a "lonely guy", very few friends. Therefore, the Nanyang Technological University student (NTU) "stole" the identity of many MSN users, chatting with their friends and even trying to blackmail one of them.

He "stuck" the face of an 18-year-old girl onto a woman's naked body and threatened to spread the photo online, unless she would send him a "nude" picture of her upper body.

The lawyer defended Biau saying that all his actions were "a joke", "an experiment" of what he was learning. In November 2005, Biau learned a program that allowed him to access other people's personal computers - on one condition that he had to be extremely gullible and stupid.

Source: Channel News Asia Song chat with "victim" and then send them the above program. If the "victim" clicks on it, a fake MSN login screen will appear. Once the victim types in the username and password, an error message will appear.

At that time, Song would generously stand out, take over the problem of "victims". The identity of the "victim" in Song's hands was so easy that Song himself was surprised.

"When I first learned about this program, Song thought that no one was foolish enough to click on an unfamiliar program and send data back to him, " the defense lawyer said. But in fact, a lot of people do that. But having stolen their identity, changing their password made the victim unable to access their MSN account.

And then under that cover, Song continued to chat with the victim's friends - impersonating himself as the original user. He continues to gain access to the accounts of three other girls, ages 18 to 21.

At this point, the case became more serious. Song threatened to spread a "nude" image of one of them, unless she would send him a photo of her breasts. Can't stand it, this girl asked for help from the police.

According to Singapore's Law on Computer Abuse, Song violated nine things - each charge could force him to pay a fine of up to $ 50,000. In addition, Song also spent up to 27 months in prison for his behavior.

Judge Thiam Leng stressed that Song's behavior could undermine the community's beliefs in electronic communications, resulting in serious consequences. "The important thing is to protect public opinion from being harmed by these behaviors," Leng said.

Trong Cam