rooster59 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Police charge three more hacker suspects By THE NATION Police Colonel Krissana THE military has handed over three more suspected hackers to police for their alleged involvement in the recent cyber attacks on government agency websites, a Royal Thai Police spokesman said yesterday. Police Colonel Krissana Pattanacharoen, deputy spokesman for the police force, said that the three suspects, all men, had been charged with taking part in a criminal syndicate, in addition to violations against the Computer Crime Act. The suspects were identified as Udon Thani resident Danai Pairoh, Chon Buri resident Jatuporn Wattanaponlasak, and Nakhon Pathom resident Chaowalit Chomphai. Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30303181 -- © Copyright The Nation 2016-12-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Poor kids. I hope they are not tortured too badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Not much in the way of details as to how the alleged crime was committed. In junta controlled Thailand, due process is just too tiresome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 wow the scouts are good ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxe1200 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Would be nice, if the police could show some evidence, besides a PC and a networking manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 wow the scouts are good ...That's what you call scapegoat hunting for naming and shaming randomly picked young tech kids....Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Paranoia is alive and well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caps Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 they must draw the names from a hat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 4 hours ago, MaxLee said: That's what you call scapegoat hunting for naming and shaming randomly picked young tech kids.... Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect I simply cannot believe that the government would pick names out of a hat. They would have had proof and, believe it or not, hacking into anyone else,s website is a crime ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timendres Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Hacking simply to be malicious or to steal from others is an obvious crime. But in this circumstance, the hackers are performing an act of dissent for a cause they believe in. Wether or not you believe their cause is just will determine how you judge them. As an American, I believe in freedom of information and freedom on expression, which are always under attack, even in America, and must be defended. How you choose to defend those rights, which vary from country to country, is up to you as an individual. Personally, I would do everything I could legally, but breaking the law should only be considered as a last resort in my mind. These individuals chose their action. One assumes that they understood the consequences of being caught. Once one chooses to break the law, for whatever reason, one must be willing to accept the consequences. I would hope that they believe strongly enough in their cause that the price they will pay will be one they can accept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 3 hours ago, phantomfiddler said: I simply cannot believe that the government would pick names out of a hat. They would have had proof and, believe it or not, hacking into anyone else,s website is a crime ! Been here long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, timendres said: Hacking simply to be malicious or to steal from others is an obvious crime. But in this circumstance, the hackers are performing an act of dissent for a cause they believe in. Wether or not you believe their cause is just will determine how you judge them. As an American, I believe in freedom of information and freedom on expression, which are always under attack, even in America, and must be defended. How you choose to defend those rights, which vary from country to country, is up to you as an individual. Personally, I would do everything I could legally, but breaking the law should only be considered as a last resort in my mind. These individuals chose their action. One assumes that they understood the consequences of being caught. Once one chooses to break the law, for whatever reason, one must be willing to accept the consequences. I would hope that they believe strongly enough in their cause that the price they will pay will be one they can accept. Kids can hack into all the government websites but can't cover their tracks or use public internet somewhere, and the Thai junta is able to find them in record time? Sorry, not buying a word of it. Unless of course they are using the GT-2000 hacker hunter. Edited December 31, 2016 by dcnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I simply cannot believe that the government would pick names out of a hat. They would have had proof and, believe it or not, hacking into anyone else,s website is a crime !They can blame, shame and arrest anyone they want, innocent or not, without being held accountable in their life time.....Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, phantomfiddler said: I simply cannot believe that the government would pick names out of a hat. They would have had proof and, believe it or not, hacking into anyone else,s website is a crime ! Perhaps you are easily lead ? If they had proof, would they not mention it ? "Proof" last time was a red, hopped up game machine and a networking manual. Might be enough proof for people like you in junta controlled Thailand, but nimble minds would burden the government for proof, ask for legal representation for the accused and demand due process. If not that, they might as well "pick names out of a hat". Happy 2017 and good luck to the Thai people. Edited December 31, 2016 by yellowboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike555 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 In general, I'd say if you've got the chops to hack into a government network, you also know how to cover your tracks to remain truly anonymous. But...as this is the Thailand government, where we still are required to use Internet Explorer just to interact with government services, it probably doesn't take more than a few scripts off the Internet to hack. I'd be willing to bet that these kids are suspect not because the government has the ability to trace the hacks...but they simply asked (i.e., forced) ISPs to hand over a list of people who actively ping known how-to-hack sites. Whatever it is, this is likely just a scare tactic to prevent future would-be hackers from trying anything on. "See how fast we can find you if you do this?!" Should be interesting to see how this all plays out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Thea01 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 What, no Russians being blamed. Shock, Horror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonywillo Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 criminal syndicate= dissidents Please there is no government in thailand so refrain from the word "government" it's a junta pure and simple. Junta =a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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