News Forum - Travel data to Thailand for 106 million people unprotected online

[Thaiger]

106 million visitors to Thailand over the last 10 years were discovered to have had their personal information unsecured online. Comparitech, a cyber security firm that discovered the database, revealed that the data has been unprotected online without any password protection possibly for the last decade. The unprotected data included people’s full names, passport numbers, gender, residency status, date they arrived in Thailand, type of visa, and their arrival card number. While news just broke of the leak, the cyber security firm discovered it on August 22 and contacted Thai officials who secured the unprotected data the next day. The […]

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[gordo2613]

for the people who have lived in Thailand, why should we be surprised. Disgusted yes, they should have utilised SOP's and protocols, alas this did not happen or the SOP's were not thought out amongst SME'S

 

[Paco]

hire a rookie for cheap and you get this issues, someone going to make money over selling the info, funny they do not say or it has been downloaded what is easy to see, security of personal data has been leaked if not a 100 times in Thailand, because they use unprofessional developers to create something... is just sad and they should be ashamed, things are done by a 5 year old , apps, websites, etc. then to think to make security is almost an automatic process, e en a 6 year old can do it, apparently not a 5 year old

Edited September 22, 2021 by Paco

[Gazman072]

i would think they need quite a few digital nomads to fix some of the leaks in their systems

[NCC1701A]

 

the black hat hackers are so organized to put it simply they can run a script on a gigantic database that contains every piece of stolen personal information until they can put together a complete profile on you. the dark web is far more massive that you can imagine. 

"Use This Tool To Find Your Personal Data On The Dark Web"

https://fossbytes.com/use-this-tool-to-find-your-personal-data-on-the-dark-web/

 

[Ynwaps]

On 9/22/2021 at 8:54 AM, gordo2613 said:

for the people who have lived in Thailand, why should we be surprised. Disgusted yes, they should have utilised SOP's and protocols, alas this did not happen or the SOP's were not thought out amongst SME'S

This and the fact that people use the same password for everything, uploading pictures on a publicly visible instagram account. Makes it all so much easier to cause some serious damage. Damage no government official will have to go to prison for unfortunately.