Singapore's government is pushing for greater international cooperation to fight cyber criminals, following last year's devastating data breach of Optus, a telecommunications company it's owned since 2001.
In September last year, ransom threats were made against Optus after around 10 million customers in Australia had their data stolen, although the hacker later appeared to drop the demand and apologise to those whose records had already been released.
The Singaporean-owned Optus, which is Australia's second largest telecommunications provider, was severely criticised by the federal government for its handling of the crisis that it claimed was the result of a "sophisticated" attack.
