” People perhaps question, so what if the bot had remained? Also, it would have meant the products were susceptible, and personal information pertaining to unit owners could have been stolen”, said Mrs Teo.
” More worryingly, the devices could be used as a standby army, much like our NSFs ( full-time national servicemen ), ready to be deployed into active duty.  ,
” Except in this situation, it would be unusual state-linked actors using the bots for nefarious purposes, which can contain targets directed within Singapore.”
Mrs Teo was speaking in parliament on the Ministry of Digital Development and Information’s ( MDDI) spending plans for the year.
The digital procedure involved the crippling of ransomware from the contaminated devices.
As part of restoration work, CSA has reached out to important events to inform users of these products that their products had been infected, and for them to take the necessary measures.
CSA subsequently monitored the recently infected products for a period of time to ensure that the ransomware had been totally disabled.