Police nab hacker of ‘Eat, Shop, Spend’ registration site

[snoop1130]

Police nab hacker of ‘Eat, Shop, Spend’ registration site

By The Nation

 

 

Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punakanta said the hacker who tampered with the registration process of the second phase of the government’s economic stimulus scheme “Eat, Shop, Spend” was arrested on October 28. 

 

The offender, a 19-year-old Thiranat Mahattanobon IT geek from Pattani province, has confessed to hacking. Police have also confiscated 17 pieces of equipment used to tamper with the system, including three computers, SIM cards and seven mobile phones. He was presented to the press on the following day at 3pm. 

 

The punishment for his act is no more than five years in prison and/or Bt100,000 in fine based on Article 10 and no more than one year in prison and/or a fine of Bt20,000 according to Article 13 of Thailand’s 2007 Cybercrime Act.

 

The boy was arrested a few days after the ministry was informed about the incident, proving that Thailand’s cybersecurity system is still efficient and that the ministry and the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) remain strong.

 

Since everything happens very quickly on digital platforms, the ministry must prevent such behaviour by issuing warnings and if the incident is serious, then putting the offenders through the process of justice. 

 

The hacker managed to slowdown the system on October 25 from 9am, but the problem was solved by 5pm on the same day. 

 

After Krung Thai Bank learned that the registration of the stimulus package was being tampered with by someone, who kept putting himself ahead of other registrants, Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana urged the Digital Economy and Society Ministry to launch a measure to prevent future interference and guarantee smoother service.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30377860

 

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[manarak]

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kept putting himself ahead of other registrants

Doesn't sound like hacking.

 

I suspect he simply ran a script to re-submit his registration many times a second, slowing the site down.

[Number 6]

8 minutes ago, manarak said:

Doesn't sound like hacking.

 

I suspect he simply ran a script to re-submit his registration many times a second, slowing the site down.

Agreed. Unhappy script kiddie gamed their simple little system.

[SteveK]

Whoever is printing those posters for the police is probably driving a Bentley.

[Cadbury]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Police nab hacker of ‘Eat, Shop, Spend’ registration site

No one will ever know how much has been scammed from this idiotic government free cash splash "stimulus" programme. 

[Tops]

A Thai hacker must be someone with an IQ of about 100. Not so difficult to hack Thai based websites on Thai servers !! Most of the DDoS attacks are coming from Thai servers mostly with websites using WordPress. Can show evidence on request only ! Thai laws come in !!!

[sungod]

15 hours ago, SteveK said:

Whoever is printing those posters for the police is probably driving a Bentley.

They've run out of materials, this one looks like 4 digital screens.

[timendres]

Instead of imprisoning this kid, they'd probably be farther ahead if they hired him.