June 14 - Cyber police arrested a 30-year-old woman who sold personal information of more than 1 million names on Facebook. They found all bank account numbers, phone numbers, and Line IDs. Police Lieutenant General Worawat Wattanakornbancha, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, along with related agencies Joined in announcing the results of the "Cyber Sweep" operation to search for a network illegally selling personal information of more than 1 million names through Facebook. In this case, investigators found that Facebook had posted messages about buying and selling personal information in the group. "Sell all customer databases" which is said to be an open public group. Go into a private chat with the person who posted. So they lured and bought the information. There are both black belts and white belts, 200,000 names, at a price of 3,000 baht. The poster will ask them to add Line to add friends to their Line ID. Then the line name will appear. 'Customer database data' After discussing and agreeing on the details, we will transfer money to buy and sell the information we need to the account sent via LINE. When the money transfer is completed, you will actually receive the other person's personal information. As well as receiving a free SMS program, there are many types of personal information received, such as first name, last name, bank account number. Telephone number and Line ID After that, investigators learned that the room was rented in the area of Village No. 2, Sam Ko Subdistrict, Sena District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. This is the location where personal information is sold. Therefore requested a warrant from the Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Provincial Court. They searched the said house and found a 30-year-old woman, a suspect, who posed as the owner of the room. Therefore, they seized 1 laptop and 2 mobile phones and inspected the information. There are over 1 million personal names of both men and women stored on the device. Upon questioning, the suspect testified that about 5 years ago he used to work as a graphic designer for an online gambling website. neighboring country side received compensation 15,000-18,000 baht per month by editing images used to promote online gambling websites. As for the personal information that they obtained, it is a database of customers who have applied to gamble online on various websites. The information is provided by the owner of the gambling website. The computer has more than 10 files totaling more than 1 million names. Previously, the information had been sold to others more than 10 times because personal information can be used to generate income. Mostly, the operators of various online gambling websites Therefore, customers' personal information is often secretly taken and offered for sale to the general public. After this, officials will investigate and expand the results to find perpetrators in the entire process. The Thai Bankers Association has closed more than 300,000 online accounts. Suspicious horse account, Mr. Phayong Sriwanit, president of the Thai Bankers Association, revealed that according to the Bank of Thailand Take measures to upgrade Manage financial corruption threats Aiming at preventing and managing horse accounting problems. In order not to be a tool for fraudsters to receive and send money obtained from defrauding the public. Thai Bankers Association and member banks Ready to support the BoT's measures by creating guidelines for the banking sector together with relevant agencies. Take measures to protect new horse accounts and expand the detection of existing horse accounts. This will raise the level of horse account protection in 2 areas. The first part is to prevent measures for newly opened horse accounts. It will assess the risk of people who open deposit accounts with the bank to see if they are likely to use the account for fraud or not, such as being strict about opening new accounts for people on the high-risk list. or a group of people who are suspected of being a horse account Or have you ever been a horse ac countant before? Measures to expand the detection and management of horse accounts to be even more rigorous. Both exchange account information That may be a cross-bank horse account. Verifying facts about customers who have accounts with the bank (CDD process) and exchanging information from government agencies with the bank So that each bank can use such information to effectively detect suspicious accounts. However, when the bank detects a suspicious account, it will immediately suspend transactions via online channels. To allow the account owner to verify their identity Show evidence that you are a real user of the account. and did not use the account to commit fraud Ready to deliver suspicious account information to various government agencies. related To consider issuing administrative orders to take further action against suspicious accounts. Currently, the bank has closed the online channels of more than 300,000 suspicious accounts. We ask people to be aware of the consequences of opening a horse ac count. or allow others to use their account as a horse account that is punishable by law and emphasized that the banking sector has strict management measures, such as immediately suspending use of all electronic channels. Opening new accounts is not allowed. as well as specifying additional measures. Development of additional mobile banking functionality Prevent future risks for customers We will carefully consider not to affect the use of services or general customer transactions. The Thai Bankers Association, member banks, are confident that such measures will enable them to detect horse accounts in the system. and effectively reduce the account of new-born horses Source: Thai News Agency
