Personal information of 20 million elderly Thais for sale on Dark Web

[snoop1130]

 

About 20 million sets of personal information on elderly Thai people have been leaked from the Department of Older Persons, in the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, and put up for sale on the Dark Web.

 

The massive leak was first reported on January 22nd by Resecurity, an American cyber security company based in Los Angeles, and this has now been confirmed by Anukul Peedkaew, permanent secretary of social development and human security.

 

The Department of Older Persons has already filed a complaint with Thai cyber police and the Committee for the Protection of Personal Information and data security experts are examining how the information was leaked, either by individuals with access or hackers.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-02-08

 

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[FritsSikkink]

"He suggested that the government speed up the “Cloud First” policy, which could prevent data leaks." 

Still need your security processes and hardening in order to prevent that.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

About 20 million sets of personal information on elderly Thai people have been leaked from the Department of Older Persons, in the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, and put up for sale on the Dark Web

Go Thailand... going digital.

[IAMHERE]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

the information was leaked, either by individuals with access or hackers.

That is the real question.

[DPKANKAN]

1 hour ago, IAMHERE said:

That is the real question.

Now wait for this Digital Wallet sh.t to start off when many of these oldies who are lucky enough to have phones and wifi will lose it all!!!!

[Bangkok Barry]

 

One of the biggest lies of modern times is 'Your data is safe with us'.

[zhounan]

We need more digitalization!

[john donson]

the way things go here, no hackers involved but a greedy official selling...

[Srikcir]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

About 20 million sets of personal information on elderly Thai people have been leaked from the Department of Older Persons, in the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, and put up for sale on the Dark Web.

The Holy Grail!

20 million could be worth tens to hundreds of millions US dollars.

"People's Personal Data is Worth $1,000 on the Dark Web, New Study by Privacy Affairs Finds"

PR Newswire  May 1, 2023 

 

"A new study by PrivacyAffairs.com has found that an individual's personal information is valued at $1,010 on the dark web"  https://www.privacyaffairs.com/dark-web-price-index-2023/

• Online banking logins cost an average of $100
• Full credit card details including associated data cost $10-$100
• A full range of documents and account details allowing identity theft can be obtained for around $1,000

Might check to see what employees recently left the department unexpectedly. Or show a sudden high lifestyle.