A hacker, who goes by the pseudonym of 9Near, threatened to publicly release the private information of 55 million Thai residents unless the government contacts the cyberpunk by April 5.
9Near introduced on the darkish website BreachForums that he had stolen the personal information of 55 million Thai residents from a authorities division and was going to promote them.
The stolen knowledge included identification numbers, names, surnames, birthdates, addresses and cellphone numbers, with a pattern of 90 Thai residents launched to validate the menace.
9Near acknowledged that the purchasers of the information could purchase the elements of the data they wanted and would want to pay in XMR cryptocurrency.
Off-limits launched its web site, 9near.org, yesterday the place they’ve positioned a countdown clock and warning messages for the federal government departments saying…
“WARNING!! If you think the leaked knowledge is from your organisation, contact us earlier than April 5, 4pm GMT+7. Otherwise, we then announce the place it came from and the way we hacked into it, Also PUBLIC all the data. Almost election, decide wisely. We are not kidding. For POC, ship us your name or phone number”
A well-known Thai newsreader, Sorayuth Suthassanachinda, made identified to the general public yesterday that he received a threatening message from 9Near. His personal information was sent to his phone by way of SMS. The message read…
“9Near. Check out the leaked data! https://9near.org/ …..Sorayut’s full name, tackle, and phone numbers…..”
Another news reporter from Voice TV, Chuwat Rerksirisuk, revealed that he additionally acquired the identical message.
The Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, reported at present that the website is operated from overseas. The ministry contacted the website service provider to shut down the positioning on March 29, however the approval is still in course of.
Chaiwut said that the ministry will collaborate with Internet service providers in Thailand such as AIS, True, and National Telecom Public Company Limited to ban access to the 9Near website. The minister also cautioned all hackers that the penalties for this crime are severe.
According to the Computer Act, hackers may face imprisonment of as a lot as five years, while underneath the Personal Data Protection Act, they could face imprisonment for up to one 12 months and a nice of as a lot as 1 million baht.
As reported in The Matter, this is not the first time that the personal data of a Thai resident has been stolen, and the official department’s information safety system has been questioned.
In February of last 12 months, the information of 23,000 students from the Thai University Central Admission System was hacked and sold.
In November of final year, personal information of docs and patients of Phetchabun Hospital was stolen and placed on sale for 15,000 baht on the Raid Forum site..