Once wanted by Interpol, hacker-turned-entrepreneur is now in the business of Spawting good food
July 24, 2012 by Terence LEE
Steven (right) and Nicole (left) from Spawt.
Singaporean Steven Goh was on Interpol’s wanted list for being a black hat hacker.
But the law grabbed him by the tail. Nine years ago, He was arrested by Singapore’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for coordinating a large-scale global botnet — which involves infiltrating a massive number of computers through malicious software. He was 17.
Steven thought he was going to jail, but fate yielded him a second chance. The CID decided to let him off with a stern warning after two years of investigation. He secured a place in the National University of Singapore too. Steven then decided to channel his independent streak towards something entirely different.
“The day I spent in lock-up was the day I turned into an entrepreneur,” said the NOC alumnus.
Today, he is the founder of Spawt, a free mobile app for iOS and Android that helps users discover experiences around them. Steven bills it as an “intelligent and social city guide” that aims to be the “Google of real life”. It is targeted at the United States and Singapore market. Read more
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