webfact Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Govt websites down after warning on cyber-attacks By THE NATION Authorities on the defensive due to reviled Computer Crime Act. BANGKOK: -- GOVERNMENT websites were down yesterday after cyber-warriors kicked off a campaign of attacks following the passing of controversial changes to the Computer Crime Law. The sites hit included Government House, Office of the PM, and the Royal Gazette website. It was not confirmed if the failure of these sites, which were offline sporadically yesterday, was the result of attacks or a defensive measure by the government. Earlier, Major-General Ritthi Intarawut, director of the Army’s cyber centre, warned state agencies to prepare for cyber attacks by hackers angry over changes to the Computer Crime Act, advising them to step up security or even shut down systems temporarily. Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30302432 -- © Copyright The Nation 2016-12-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 The junta's technical expertise might very well be tested. It will be fascinating to see how they hold up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 2 hours ago, webfact said: a defensive measure by the government I suggest the government permanently shutdown their web sites as a purely defensive measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caps Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 How long is temporarily? Do they think that the hackers will get bored and go away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowsdawdle Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 The head cyber security guy told agencies to take their sites down rather than get hacked. Does this give new meaning to waving the white flag and retreating or what? Looks like a page from the Obama playbook on how to lead from behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldroj Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 "...It was not confirmed if the failure of these sites...was the result of attacks or a defensive measure by the government..." A moot point - the fact they were down at all is a victory by “Opponents of the Single Gateway” over the junta's so-called Computer Crime Law !!! Meanwhile, Defence Ministry mouthpiece Maj-Gen Kongcheeo Tantravanich said the government had measures to defend against any attack... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 It's hardly "hacking"......it's really a case of overloading the governments IT systems...which will likely occur often once their silly single gateway is installed..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabis Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 (edited) I'd recollect that last time the cracker hordes were on it - the Govt decided to use Cloudflare's Cloud Web Application Firewall, as well multiple scattered CDN(Content Delivery Network) site locations, to shield the sites from the attack - kinda ironic because with single gateway that would've been impossible to do, as the single point of failure would've been the GW for them DDoS attacks Edited December 20, 2016 by jabis Clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 The Government should hire a highly capable bunch of computer experts to track these vermin down and throw them in the Bangkok Hilton for a very VERY long time ! These a*s*h*l*s are internet anarchists and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieinthailand Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Seems the people don't like this new law, and the junta don't care what the people are saying... Answer use TOR and your good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Yup Thailand is no Nanny State....No Sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bark Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 1 hour ago, yellowboat said: The junta's technical expertise might very well be tested. It will be fascinating to see how they hold up . 14 year old kids are smarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 52 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said: The Government should hire a highly capable bunch of computer experts to track these vermin down and throw them in the Bangkok Hilton for a very VERY long time ! These a*s*h*l*s are internet anarchists and should be treated as such. Do you also think hanging should be brought back for shoplifting...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 56 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said: The Government should hire a highly capable bunch of computer experts to track these vermin down and throw them in the Bangkok Hilton for a very VERY long time ! These a*s*h*l*s are internet anarchists and should be treated as such. By "these vermin" , you mean the people that voted for the new computer crime act ? As you state, they are the internet anarchists , so I sure agree on that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 1 hour ago, baboon said: Do you also think hanging should be brought back for shoplifting...? Hanging is to good for the likes of shoplifters. As for people dropping fag butts on Suk. Rd, don't even let me get started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retiredandhappyhere Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 This Government continually blames others for misunderstandings, misinformation, chaos, opposition to its policies, expressing their views, the poor state of the economy, lack of investment, etc etc but never seems to realise that it is its own worst enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saminoz Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 4 hours ago, arrowsdawdle said: The head cyber security guy told agencies to take their sites down rather than get hacked. Does this give new meaning to waving the white flag and retreating or what? Looks like a page from the Obama playbook on how to lead from behind. Maybe if someone threatens to attach Thailand, the Army will simply stay at home until the attackers get bored? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 4 hours ago, Caps said: How long is temporarily? Do they think that the hackers will get bored and go away? They need time to go through their face saving Roladex cards to come up with an appropriate answer. Sometimes when your facing an opponent with big guns good guerrilla warfare is the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeyang wah Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Retiredandhappyhere said: This Government continually blames others for misunderstandings, misinformation, chaos, opposition to its policies, expressing their views, the poor state of the economy, lack of investment, etc etc but never seems to realise that it is its own worst enemy. Not just the government I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats56 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Do you really.think the government can stop these attacks? Better think again. Big internet sites have been hacked and taken down such as Yahoo, FB, banks etc. And these people have very smart IT guys working for them. The hackers are smart too and seem to be one step ahead of the experts. Try as you may there will always be a hole or backdoor for them to gain access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candide Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 (edited) Didn't the government urge them not to do it? How is it that they did not listen to it? Edited December 20, 2016 by candide Typing error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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