Hacker who sold 600,000 customers' personal data arrested in Bangkok

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's Technical Crime Suppression Division or tech cops arrested a former employee of a well known company after a data breach.

 

The hacker called Woraphol had blatantly sold data from 600,000 customers of his former employers who had spotted the breach and informed the police.

 

A computer notebook, phones and bankbook were taken into evidence.

 

He was arrested after a search warrant had been issued. 

 

He was nabbed in a property in the Kensington building floor 32 on Thepparak Road, Samut Prakan south east of Bangkok.

 

He admitted selling the data for Bitcoin netting 300,000 baht that he used to fund online gambling, reported Daily News. 

 

The media did not name the company, standard practice in litigious Thailand, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

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[johng]

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

He admitted selling the data for Bitcoin netting 300,000 baht that he used to fund online gambling,

Lots of news stories lately about   crimes committed to fund the gambling boogeyman !

[ezzra]

Gambling and drugs, the scrooges of the 21st century.. (among others)...

[Gottfrid]

Most probable no hacker at all. Just a person that worked in a company where he had access to the register he then downloaded to his laptop instead of a USB stick the DSOB. That´s the essence of an ETH. (Usually Ethereum, but in this case an Evil Thai Hacker!)

[timendres]

Talented pointer. With the face paint camouflage skill, it is difficult to believe the BIB were able to track him down.

[bangon04]

He sounds like a product of Thai higher education - one of the political superstars of the future.......

[NE1]

So he has admitted to online gambling which is also illegal....Another 500 baht fine.

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

Not only is it ridiculous that they will not name the buyer but the buyer should also be arrested along with the seller. It is not just a crime to steal it is also a crime to purchase stolen goods.

 

Not much wonder there is such a market for our personal data. Not any risk for the buyers

[Stargeezr]

Wonderful face painting skills. Will other be spooked in the jails he is headed for?

Geezer

[lujanit]

If you use a VPN can your location (IP) be traced?

[HappyGoLuckyLife]

On 10/8/2021 at 1:16 AM, webfact said:

He admitted selling the data for Bitcoin netting 300,000 baht that he used to fund online gambling, reported Daily News. 

Welp, it looks like we now know where Sathien's 300K went up in Udon Thani. Can someone confirm where Mrs. Rudolph is? LOL.