Vast trove of travelers' personal info posted on govt website

[Thomas33399]

To save face the jerks do not apologise.

[masuk]

"CERTIFICATED" must be one of those new ASEAN Englishisms we all have to learn.

but possibly better than "CERTIFIED" .

[TPI]

We're all such little fish, if you can break into my bank account good luck in finding any money in it!!

[Bangkok Barry]

Third world, and always will be!

Been coming here since 1993 and now live here full-time. There is no place I've ever lived, worked or visited that satisfied "everyone's" idea of perfection. I can't tell the future, therefore I can't comment on the "always", which seems not to happened yet.

If I am not happy, I can always move on.

Lucky for you that you can. Some of us have commitments.

[The manic]

Who from the UK stayed in Nana hotel?? You're lucky they blurred your name!

I heard it's great in there especially the quick rooms for the desperadoes with only a sheet on the bed for a meaningful adorable special wonderful jaw dropping 15 seconds of adulterous hell. Yeah' I was that soldier !!!

Yet another comment from someone who has not visited the place they are writing about or possibly have never visited Thailand. If by 'quick' rooms you mean 'short time' rooms - there are non at the Nana. And no backpackers, feminists, earnest travellers, or loud drunks. I have been staying there for 15 years. Good hotel - good area - good transport links - good price - good service.

[The manic]

Third world, and always will be!

Been coming here since 1993 and now live here full-time. There is no place I've ever lived, worked or visited that satisfied "everyone's" idea of perfection. I can't tell the future, therefore I can't comment on the "always", which seems not to happened yet.

If I am not happy, I can always move on.

Lucky for you that you can. Some of us have commitments.

Ha Ha - Commitments! A ball and chain more like!

[gandalf12]

Seems like nobody has any chance of protecting themselves from all of these leaks out of Thailand. Why don't they just send a list to ISIS and make them pay for it instead? Then they can sell us expats the bullseye to wear.

The bulls eye come next week in a special promotion. Buy one get one free

[lkv]

"Arthit Suriyawongkul of privacy advocacy group Thai Netizen Network said bureaucrats applied the same flawed logic in both incidents, that no one would find the URLs to access the sensitive information."

Yup, no suprise there.

The Thai fisherman did not kill the fish, the fish chose to die of suffocation.

[Jonmarleesco]

....complete and utter lack of respect....and zero professionalism...

...amongst everything else.....nothing says..... 'they couldn't care less about us'....more than this...

...and as for all their..... 'crack downs on passports'....and national security and terrorists..etc......may as well throw that out the window....

...they just opened the floodgates......

...and of course...nobody is responsible or to blame....

The response of a Drama Queen who like to ignore the loss of data that occurs regularly in the West !

http://www.techworld.com/security/uks-11-most-infamous-data-breaches-2015-3604586/

Have a read then have a rant about the "complete and utter lack of respect....and zero professionalism..." that is commonplace in the UK and the USA.

True, but publicity then did its job. That it should happen at all in the U.K. or the U.S.A, is little excuse for ignoring its occurring here, even less excuse for some moron in charge to claim there was nothing to see, and no excuse at all for the various ambassadors to sit on their collective a___s and plead ignorance.

[Jonmarleesco]

Who from the UK stayed in Nana hotel?? You're lucky they blurred your name!

I heard it's great in there especially the quick rooms for the desperadoes with only a sheet on the bed for a meaningful adorable special wonderful jaw dropping 15 seconds of adulterous hell. Yeah' I was that soldier !!!

Yet another comment from someone who has not visited the place they are writing about or possibly have never visited Thailand. If by 'quick' rooms you mean 'short time' rooms - there are non at the Nana. And no backpackers, feminists, earnest travellers, or loud drunks. I have been staying there for 15 years. Good hotel - good area - good transport links - good price - good service.

Correct. The short-times are elsewhere, not in the Nana.

[IAMHERE]

Yep, that info from the Interpol computer that Thailand has access to is probably safe. Not to mention the info about passengers the airlines turn over. I worry more about the little cameras that may be installed in short time rooms.

Edited March 29, 2016 by IAMHERE

[Colabamumbai]

Thats why I never give them my passport when I check-in , my old DL is good enough.

Thai drivers license has your passport number on it.

[tukkytuktuk]

Salman Rushdie wouldn't come to Thailand.

Edited March 29, 2016 by tukkytuktuk

[Time Traveller]

Thats why I never give them my passport when I check-in , my old DL is good enough.

Yes I'm sure you do. Imigration will happily give out visa extensions without passports all the time

[swerver]

Get any A4-sized form from Phuket immigration office and the chances are that on the back of it is someone else's passport, visa or bank information.

This is getting bigger than a few outraged expats. If the various ambassadors to Thailand don't adress this then they're not doing their jobs.

Ambassadors doing their job, you must be kidding or is it joking.

Travelled the world for fifty years in my work I have one or two encounters of Ambassadors and their minions doing their job??? Ever followed the embassy in BKK that got itself in hotwater with passports? Six years later still is not corrected, even after a secret investigating team was send by its Minister of Foreign affairs. When this team started digging it found 400,000 Euros also missing, the accountant has now free room and board for 28-years in a Thai jail. Tell me again about Ambassadors working.

LOL in LOS

[kannot]

Is Thailand the cardboard box of Cyber security ?

YES...................but without the security of the box

[Emster23]

Can't fix stupid

[The Deerhunter]

Who from the UK stayed in Nana hotel?? You're lucky they blurred your name!

Who cares? I always stay there, with or without my wife. Clean rooms, reliable plumbing and big bathtub which we don't have at home. Reasonable pool, good easy parking, great breakfast, late checkout and handy to everything including my favourite Bangkok Guinness pub Hanrahans, a choice of two BTS stations and a huge wholesale pharmacy just round the corner. Easy walking distance to my embassy in Wireless road, Villa Market downstairs on corner of Soi 2 and a night is priced at less than 1,500B. What's not to like? We have no financial connection with the place. It just suits us. If you don't like the local entertainment, just don't partake. Simple! OOPS!! Now everyone knows!

Edited March 29, 2016 by The Deerhunter

[smotherb]

Who from the UK stayed in Nana hotel?? You're lucky they blurred your name!

Great hotel. You name it they have it.

I stayed there two weeks ago for the first time since 1988. I couldn't believe what a bone-yard it has become. At 71, I felt like one of the younger ones.

[arithai12]

"Trinidad and Tobaco"... one to remember.

[smotherb]

"Trinidad and Tobaco"... one to remember.

That's the Republic of Trinidad and Tabago. It's an island nation in the Caribbean, just off the Venezuelan coast.

[Happy Grumpy]

Get any A4-sized form from Phuket immigration office and the chances are that on the back of it is someone else's passport, visa or bank information.

This is getting bigger than a few outraged expats. If the various ambassadors to Thailand don't adress this then they're not doing their jobs.

It was probably one of them checked into Nana Hotel for a night.

Edited March 29, 2016 by Happy Grumpy

[hawker9000]

TIT. No surprise here. Everyone had to know something like this was gonna' happen sooner or later... I can just see the prodigy discovering that he could take his brand new database and put it online! 'Wonder if he got his promotion before this hit the fan...

[johnatong]

TIT. No surprise here. Everyone had to know something like this was gonna' happen sooner or later... I can just see the prodigy discovering that he could take his brand new database and put it online! 'Wonder if he got his promotion before this hit the fan...

Ever looked at what occurs in the USA ?

http://www.networkworld.com/article/3011103/security/biggest-data-breaches-of-2015.html

The Thais clearly have much to learn ....

[lkv]

And the old Thai apologist strikes again under a different username.

[johnatong]

And the old Thai apologist strikes again under a different username.

Open the link and explain what you find.

http://www.networkworld.com/article/3011103/security/biggest-data-breaches-of-2015.html

As I said the Thai people have much to learn about data breaches.

[lkv]

Sorry. I don't understand. It was a general comment. Making personal attacks against specific forum members is not allowed on Thai Visa. It leads to inflamatory arguments and posts get deleted. So I could not be making such comments.

Was I mentioning you in my previous post?

I really don't know what you're talking about.

Edited March 29, 2016 by lkv

[jspill]

And the old Thai apologist strikes again under a different username.

Open the link and explain what you find.

http://www.networkworld.com/article/3011103/security/biggest-data-breaches-of-2015.html

As I said the Thai people have much to learn about data breaches.

This wasn't a data breach or hack as on your link. Info was deliberately placed online by immigration, with apparently no apology, consequences or fines.

Apples and oranges.

[johnatong]

Sorry. I don't understand. It was a general comment. Making personal attacks against specific forum members is not allowed on Thai Visa. It leads to inflamatory arguments and posts get deleted.

Was I mentioning you in my previous post?

I really don't know what you're talking about.

If you believe you are being personally "attacked" you should press the Report button and lodge a complaint .

[lkv]

Ok thanks noted.

Always good to learn from people that are experts in the fuctionality of that particular button.

Edited March 29, 2016 by lkv