Prayut orders security beef up following hacking attacks
Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha Fridday instructed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry to tighten security of government's computer system and websites to fend off attacks by a group of hackers ICT Minister Uttama Savanyana poste
Uttama wrote that the Prime Minister told him and other organisations under his control to coordinate with the relevant government agencies to prevent the government information and services from persistent attacks by hackers.
“I reported to the PM about the hacking movement [on Thursday evening] and he told me to keep close watch on those who have ill-intention and pose a threat to the websites,” Uttama added.
The ICT minister also urged that the [people and businesses] to protect their data with the international computer security standard and to backup their data regulatory.
On Thursday, Anonymous, the international group of activists and hackers promoting internet freedom, announced it was targeting the Thai government in what it called "Operation Single Gateway". Two twitter accounts @anonymouseasia and @LatestAnonNews tweeted the statement of their activities to ##OpSingleGateway with hashtag #Anonymous with the link of the full statement http://pastebin.com/SL0ZaMxT.
In the evening, F5CyberArmy (@f5cyberarmy) tweeted that Cat Telecom compromised exposing 1000s of customers login, passwords, Thai IDs, and more. It also posted a screenshot of some data.
