Victims of Malice

Mercury's Cybercrimes and her Views on Security – Part 1 🧵

Mercury has bragged about bugging Jia Min's phone before, and was able to overhear and repeat private conversations that Jia Min was having with accuracy. [1/n]

Mercury has also admitted to having previously gained unauthorized access into the computer systems for both AWARE and Mensa Singapore. [2/n]

Yet, ironically, Mercury's LinkedIn profile shows that she is currently working as a "marketing executive" and "helm[ing] the Marketing department" at a Singaporean cybersecurity firm, BitCyber. It appears that she had started working at BitCyber in January 2023. [3/n]

Mercury has criminal charges against her, namely for the anthrax hoax that she had committed in August 2021, as well as for the possession of "an iPhone containing 72 obscene videos and 60 obscene images between April 2020 and August 2021". [4/n] https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/youth-charged-false-anthrax-attack-bedok-1907586

Given this information, alongside Mercury’s cybercrimes and her warped, misguided and inaccurate views on security, it is odd that Mercury was selected and hired by BitCyber. We wonder if BitCyber has done background checks on Mercury as part of their hiring process. [5/n]

After all, BitCyber is in the cybersecurity industry: It appears to be the exclusive partner for BitDefender products in Singapore, as well as the regional distributor for Invisiron and other brands offering security solutions. [6/n]

Thu Apr 06 02:59:15 +0000 2023