Teacher Prinya Hom-anek opens his mind, the first victim of hackers 9Near | Sure before sharing LIVE

“Thank you Mr. Hacker for giving me the honor of being the first person,” Prinya revealed after the information was publicized. Received a thumping phone call, repeatedly being shot SMS with a bot, suggesting that hackers turn to talk bring back skills and expertise to protect Thai people together While all agencies should learn from this lesson. and raise the level of public information security

From the case of hackers creating the 9Near.org website, stating that the personal information of 55 million Thai people has been leaked and setting the deadline for April 5, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. Recently, the said website has been blocked by the Ministry of Digital Affairs. that is already

Top area of the website Hackers posted a video clip of an interview with Professor Prinya Hom-anek, who gave an interview to a media outlet about the 55 million data breach. And below the video there are also personal information, including name-surname, date of birth. Citizen ID number, address and mobile phone number

Be sure before sharing LIVE Live interview with Professor Parinya Homanek, cyber security expert on April 1, 2023, which includes many important and interesting issues, such as

Appreciate hacker for honor Be the first to disclose their personal information. Personally insisted that I never thought to insult the work of hackers. Because he had worked in this way before in the past and understood it well. But in an interview with the media stating that I don't know if hackers really have the information of 55 million people or not. It is said according to the facts. and also said that A hacker might have more information than that. Because the hackers behind the scenes are likely to be quite skilled hackers.

Many people are alarmed that “Even the Master level has been hacked. So what do I do?” It's a misunderstanding. Because of this information leak It's not about being hacked in any way. Because of their personal information that has been released to the public It is information that has been given to many agencies, shops and individuals, such as a copy of an ID card. Exchanging building tickets Application registration, etc.

When personal information gets into someone's hands If it will be used in a way without consent. There will be two options: to use anonymously without our knowledge, such as using personal information to shoot ads to us. with another model Is to bring it to the public, for example, in the event that he is the victim.

Consequences of public disclosure of personal information There are many impacts, such as more than 20 phone calls from strangers, more than 2,000 SMS messages, which are believed to be the execution of a program intended to attack or steal identity.

In this regard, government agencies and agencies that handle personal information of the public Should pay more attention to the protection of people's information. and comply with relevant laws especially in compliance with the PDPA law or the Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562

Regarding the question in terms of legal action, Professor Prinya said that the law enforcement in this case The entity that is the data controller or data controller is legally responsible. due to leaked information

while the hacker It is also an offense under the law. both criminal law the Computer Crime Act and the PDPA, which will carry quite severe penalties.

Professor Prinya also took the opportunity to say a message to the hackers that I would like to invite you to stop using Thai people's information to disseminate or release to the public. It is believed that hackers are skilled people. I want them to turn to each other and talk to each other and use their knowledge and skills to protect the personal information of Thai people from foreigners better.

At the end of the Master's degree, he also introduced practical guidelines. In the event that personal information is leaked to the public, such as being mindful, not panicking. and start limiting management to prevent damage that will occur

What to do when personal information gets leaked?

Stay calm, understand that it's normal and can happen to anyone.

Investigate leaked data, such as

first name surname

date of birth (can't change)

ID card number (can't change)

address

mobile number

Questioning whether there is any system to authenticate with this information.

If your username is a personal email address, never use it as your password.

Temporarily cancel the service that is tied to that phone number. or change the number

Phone Authentication Test – Try calling your mobile operator/bank/credit card. Try notifying, changing address information, issuing a new SIM card, forgetting the code. If you only use these 5 information, then believe it's us. allow change Considered that the service is not safe.

If someone contacts And even knowing this information…

Request a call back – Scammers will never give you a call back number.

Don't be easily fooled – there can be various scams during a spoof phone call.

You can follow and watch the full content at this interview video clip.

Source: Thai News Agency