Chinese hackers using Thailand as a base nabbed

[webfact]

Chinese hackers using Thailand as a base nabbed

By The Nation

 

 

On the instructions of the Economic Crime Suppression Division, local police on Tuesday (December 24) raided and a hotel in Ratchada area after being tipped off that a group of young Chinese were spending all their time in a room, calling room service for meals and refusing to allow maid service in to clean.

 

Three Chinese nationals aged between 23 and 25 were arrested in the raid, which turned up 116 Chinese branded phones, 90 USB charger cables, 119 sim cards packages and one laptop.

 

According to investigators, the Chinese group was using as Thailand as a base to hack a popular social networking site. They had bought a large number of mobile sims and inserted them mobile phones from China with embedded applications for hacking We-chat, a popular chat program. to create accounts that cannot be verified to sell on the black market. Fake We-chat accounts are in high demand among fraudsters in China and the group was creating thousands of these fake accounts per day.

 

Police said Chinese hackers using Thailand as a base to commit such crimes was growing and if the fake user account with Thai sim card was used for terrorism and other offences in foreign countries, the image ofa the country would be severely tarnished. For now, the Chinese group has been charged under the “alien workers working without permission” law and the authorities would coordinate with the Chinese authorities.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379819

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-12-26

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[Thechook]

Been charged with working without a work permit, that's funny.  I didn't realise you needed a permit for terrorism or hacking.

[Matzzon]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

For now, the Chinese group has been charged under the “alien workers working without permission”

So, hacking is not seen as a crime in Thailand.

[trainman34014]

''The image of the country would be severely tarnished ''    That sentence says all you need to know !

[Wim Kuijpers]

Aliens? I think it are trolls creating fake news with fake accounts.

[P Funk]

I wonder how many Chinese nationals are doing time in Thai prisons... not many I would say. They just send them back, only to return later to make mischief. Don’t want to upset Daddy Warbucks.

[bluesofa]

13 hours ago, webfact said:

a group of young Chinese were spending all their time in a room, calling room service for meals and refusing to allow maid service in to clean

If they'd allow her to clean the room, they would have got clean away.

[Redline]

7 hours ago, Matzzon said:

So, hacking is not seen as a crime in Thailand.

Chinese discount-the Chinese can do whatever they want here-Thailand is a slave to China now

[Scot123]

One might surmise China is using Thailand to spy on America etc so when it's traced back China is squeeky clean and their colony takes the blame. 

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, Scot123 said:

One might surmise China is using Thailand to spy on America etc so when it's traced back China is squeeky clean and their colony takes the blame. 

'their colony takes the blame'

It might well be traced back by conducting a colonoscopy.

[30la]

Expect a radical increase.

[Traubert]

A WeChat account with a Thai number is practically useless. The payment facility wont work for starters, and if they were trying to scam people, you can see their number. Its difficult to see what use these accounts could be used for except online noise.

[snowgard]

On 12/26/2019 at 8:26 AM, Matzzon said:

So, hacking is not seen as a crime in Thailand.

They not hack something. The just signed for new we-chat accounts with Thai-Sims and sold the sims and accounts to chinese people.

Hardly a crime!!!

[Matzzon]

4 hours ago, snowgard said:

They not hack something. The just signed for new we-chat accounts with Thai-Sims and sold the sims and accounts to chinese people.

Hardly a crime!!!

So, if your read the agreement with you and your mobile provider, then you will find that it´s perfectly legal to sell that number to anyne you wish?

Are you really thast unaware of reality? Wake up, and smell the 21th century.

[snowgard]

6 hours ago, Matzzon said:

So, if your read the agreement with you and your mobile provider, then you will find that it´s perfectly legal to sell that number to anyne you wish?

Are you really thast unaware of reality? Wake up, and smell the 21th century.

Is it illegal? NO way. It's only against their rules and the sims can be closed.

 

[Matzzon]

5 hours ago, snowgard said:

Is it illegal? NO way. It's only against their rules and the sims can be closed.

 

Of course it´s illegal. You buy the sim and need to provide a name as the owner, if the sim changes owner by a sale, then the sim also need to change the name of the owner. Countries have written that in their laws long time ago, due to the high terrorist threat.

[snowgard]

5 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Of course it´s illegal. You buy the sim and need to provide a name as the owner, if the sim changes owner by a sale, then the sim also need to change the name of the owner. Countries have written that in their laws long time ago, due to the high terrorist threat.

I'm sure you can show us this law!!! Or not???

Upss..., why I can buy sim cards on Lazada, 7eleven, ... and don't must provide a name? 

Sure after activation they must be registered. But if you don't do it, nothing will happen .... or the provider deactivate the sims. That's all.

 

Edited December 28, 2019 by snowgard

[sammieuk1]

Why all the fuss they are high spending Chinese with all of their takeaways ????