Chaiwut: Bidding to block site
Authorities are hunting down a hacker who has threatened to release the personal data of 55 million Thais if the government agency allegedly involved in the leakage of information fails to meet a ransom demand by April 5.
Pol Lt Gen Worawat Watnakhonbancha, commissioner of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), said that the CCIB has asked the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) as well as the National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) to look into the case and find out whether the personal data was hacked or leaked by certain officials.
According to media reports, a hacker named “9Near” posted on BreachForum — a website where personal data leaked from state agencies and private companies is sold and bought — that he had got hold of the personal data of 55 million Thais, including names, surnames, addresses, birthdates, ID card numbers and telephone numbers.
The hacker also announced on the website 9near.org that: “If you think the information has leaked from your organisation, contact us by April 5 at 4pm, Thai time, otherwise, we will reveal where the information has been leaked from and release all the leaked information to the public.” The website also shows a live online countdown.
The message was also sent via SMS to several well-known newscasters, including Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda, who later posted on his Facebook saying he had received an SMS showing his personal data, such as his address, ID card numbers and telephone numbers.
DES Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn yesterday insisted that personal ID card data kept by the Interior Ministry has not been leaked, adding that the ministry has already contacted the domain name service provider which is based overseas to block the website 9near.org.
Mr Chaiwut said ..
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