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Daily News reported that four people were arrested in raids against a group of hackers in three provinces - Prachinburi, Naratiwas and Khon Kaen.

 

Taken in to custody by the Thai tech police on warrants were three Thai females named as kesarin, 31, Pornphan, 31, Chanisa, 23 and a Cameroon national Diaga Y., aged 30.

 

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The arrests followed complaints from a company that email had been hacked concerning contact with customers over trade in wooden dolls.

 

This resulted in a Japanese company being defrauded our of 12 million baht. 

 

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Money was spirited away to banks in the USA, Spain as well as Thailand. 

 

The hackers managed to intercept email and pretend that they were the company sending the mail and extort money from the Japanese company. 

 

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A plastic bag on your head for you sonny lets see how long it takes to fess up where the cash has gone ????

Makes a change from drugs and romance scams 

Another dirty thieving farang in the Thai public spotlight.

5 minutes ago, bbko said:

Another dirty thieving farang in the Thai public spotlight.

And three, surely innocent, Thai maidens...

38 minutes ago, bbko said:

Another dirty thieving farang in the Thai public spotlight.

Thais don't refer to Africans as "farang".

   They call them "negroes".

59 minutes ago, MisterTee said:

Thais don't refer to Africans as "farang".

   They call them "negroes".

Quite so.

Except maybe Thonglor’s Finest who call them “In-see Dahm” since “Operation Black Eagle”on LowerSuky a few years ago.                

Very disturbing trend of account infiltration offenses. One would think that a company dealing with millions of baht would have the common sense to at least use or integrate 2FA and anti-MITM technology in their communication systems.  It is an incredibly low-cost investment. Apps such as Authy and Microsoft Authenticator are free and secure. Yubikey is another tried and tested anti-hack system. They are isolated systems which makes them difficult to infiltrate or penetrate. 

 

12 million. Mind boggling amount of money.

5 hours ago, bbko said:

Another dirty thieving farang in the Thai public spotlight.

Cameroonians are "farangs" in the Thai sense of the word?   Don't think so.    

Disappointed that it isn't a Nigerian this time, but Cameroon is close enough.

6 hours ago, bbko said:

Another dirty thieving farang in the Thai public spotlight.

Aided and abetted by Thais.

42 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Aided and abetted by Thais.

Hey, and that makes him less guilty don't it?

   I was slow to figger that one out.

A troll post has been reported and removed. 

10 hours ago, bbko said:

Another dirty thieving farang in the Thai public spotlight.

Cameroon national is not a farang

9 hours ago, MisterTee said:

Thais don't refer to Africans as "farang".

   They call them "negroes".

No, they call them chocolate

3 hours ago, daejung said:

Cameroon national is not a farang

Brings to mind a hilarious scene with Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy in the movie "Trading Places."