Student hacker of PM"s twitter account surrenders
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A 22-year-old student has surrendered to police to face charges related to the hacking of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's Twitter account: PouYingluck.
Information and Communications Technology Minister Anudit Nakhonthap brought the student; Ekkawit Thongdeeworakul, to a press conference held at 2pm.
Anudit told reporters that the student surrendered on his own and promised to use his IT expertise to help the ICT Ministry to fight against other hackers.
The student surrendered to police on Tuesday and claimed that he had no malicious intention in hacking Yingluck’s twitter account, Anudit said.
The student will face charges of violating computer laws and will face a prison term of not more than five years or a fine of not over Bt100,000 or both.
Yingluck decided to terminate her Twitter account after a hacker hacked into her account during the weekend.
From 10.20am, eight messages were posted to Twitter@PouYingluck by the hacker, among them: “You can't protect even your Twitter account. How can you safeguard the country? Think about it my brothers and sisters” and “Education is most important to the country. But why is there a policy for free distribution of tablets instead of a curriculum or wage hike for teachers?”
Anudith on Sunday claimed the hacker had used a mobile phone application to access the PM’s account and another app to hide his location.
