The police issued a statement Tuesday saying that it had given the 35-year-old man a verbal warning after consulting the Attorney-General's Chambers. There will be no prosecution.
As previously reported, the man had tried to hack into the open-bidding system soon after it went live. According to the police, he tried to see if the directory listing function on the Web server for the system had been disabled.
After that, he made two bid enquiry requests to the system, using long strings of characters as bidder IDs, which are normally identity card IC or passport numbers for individuals, or Registry of Companies and Businesses numbers for companies. Other organizations are assigned numbers by the Land Transport Authority (LTA).
However, the system rejected his requests, and no damage was caused.
LTA made a police report June 22, about two days after the bidding closed, regarding "a few unusual bid enquiry requests" to the system.
The case was classified as attempted unauthorized access to computer material under the Computer Misuse Act, under which those who try to get access to classified computer material can get a maximum fine of S$5,000 (US$2,700), and/or a prison sentence of up to two years.
The police completed their investigation after about a month, and handed the case to the AG's Chambers. When no action was taken by October, speculation started that there would be no prosecution, possibly because of a difficulty in establishing a water-tight case.
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