Students express outrage online after university admissions body hack

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By Natcha Patanasophon

 

A university testing body is trending on Thai Twitter on Thursday following the leak of student’s personal information on the dark web.

 

Students used the hashtag #แบนทปอ (banTCAS) to highlight their frustrations with the Thai University Central Admission System (TCAS) and their seeming incompetence.

 

The TCAS is a university admissions system through which Thai students must apply to enter state universities. 23,000 Thai students’ data which include names, national identification numbers, were put up for sale on a dark web marketplace.

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/37205/students-express-outrage-online-after-university-admissions-body-hack/

 

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[hotchilli]

Seems many Thai sites lack an understanding of basic security.

[clivebaxter]

Another Thai IT scandal, they need to go back to school!