Police computers hit in latest Thai cyber attack

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A computer virus attack on two areas of Thailand left the public unable to report crimes on Saturday.

 

Deputy spokesman Ekarit Patanacharoen of the National Police Bureau said that the affected areas were in Chacherngsao and Sisaket, reported Sanook.

 

The ransomware attack left the computers at 191 out of action from Saturday evening.

 

TOT were called and partial service was resumed.

 

But PPTV reported that even as of yesterday it was impossible to report crime in those two areas using emergency numbers.

 

The spokesman said that all precincts had been warned to protect against cyber attack to make sure that their systems were not compromised.

 

Source: Sanook

 

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Looks like it messed up all the clocks as well.

Well looking at the wide variety of times displayed on the clocks on the wall of the Sisaket Police Ops Room, their IT problems are pretty fundemental!

18 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Looks like it messed up all the clocks as well.

Yes, Cambo is 7:47 approx, so Malaysia should be 8:47. Still it's only over 6 hours out !

 

Easy to see the attention to detail at this cop shop. 

Bs iB:

 

Might there have been way to much crime reporting and the BIB pulled the plug?

13 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

Might there have been way to much crime reporting and the BIB pulled the plug?

Not being able to sleep on the night shift must be a real bummer.

No surprise.

Not genuine  windows xp?

The last time a virus struck the police computers, protesters carried out the computers that held evidence against their protest leaders. I wonder if this virus will also be so selective? 

watch the guys with forked tongues spin and twist this one

40 minutes ago, jvs said:

Not genuine  windows xp?

Win95 outside BK

 

You get these sort of attacks looking at Porn sites. A customer of ours brings in his laptop for us to repair and its always the same thing that causes the problem with him and we told him, he just smiles.

Quick guess. 

 

SW out of date, illegal SW, no virus protection, no maintenance. 

 

Alternatively, all of the above. 

If they didn't patch their systems since what happened about 10 days ago then they should have been expecting this.

 

You know what this means; Money to be spent on new computers for all well to do officers, and they will be able to keep them at home.

 

Upno, got a good giggle from your post.

49 minutes ago, Chris Lawrence said:

You know what this means; Money to be spent on new computers for all well to do officers, and they will be able to keep them at home.

 

Upno, got a good giggle from your post.

You need the operators to use computers, this lot are just facebook snoops, so yea your right