Cyber crime chief blames hard to catch foreigners for data breaches at two Thai hospitals

[webfact]

Picture: INN

 

The chief of Thailand's Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau said that catching foreign hackers responsible for breaching systems at two Thai hospitals was a tough job, reported INN.

 

Data breaches occurred at Phetchabun Hospital in the north east and the Bhumirajanagarindra Kidney Institute Hospital in Phayathai, Bangkok. 

 

They were not believed to be connected and were different kinds of hacks.

 

The upcountry one was the breaching of a free software system and the one in the Thai capital was a ransomware extortion attempt.

 

Pol Maj-Gen Niwet Aphawasin said the hackers were foreigners operating from abroad using the dark web and digital currency and were tough to track down.

 

Though there have been some local arrests. 

 

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[dyertribe]

You know, if organisations stop using pirated copies of Windows 95 and Windows XP, they would be much harder to hack,  You shouldn't blame the buffalo for coming in if you left the gate open.

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The chief of Thailand's Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau said that catching foreign hackers responsible for breaching systems at two Thai hospitals was a tough job

Especially as naming the country that they are operating out of may effect tourism from that country !

[Emdog]

24 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The chief of Thailand's Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau said that catching foreign hackers responsible for breaching systems at two Thai hospitals was a tough job

Especially as naming the country that they are operating out of may effect tourism from that country !

Tough jobs are beyond their skill set. No one told me I'd have to actually work at this job!

[Burma Bill]

49 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

may effect tourism from that country !

North Korea????????

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Pol Maj-Gen Niwet Aphawasin said the hackers were foreigners operating from abroad using the dark web and digital currency and were tough to track down.

The answer is to beef-up the internal security systems.

[zzaa09]

Those damn foreigners.

Again.

[MrJ2U]

"chief blames hard to catch foreigners for data breaches at two Thai hospitals"

 

Hard to catch criminals are the bane of all police forces!