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Three more cyber scammers nabbed in police sweep

  FOLLOWING the recent arrest of two fraudsters who sold personal data of millions of people to the dark web, cyber police today (Nov. 6) revealed they had apprehended three more scammers with one of them having written a programme to bypass facial scan and steal large sums of money from the victims’ bank accounts,

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Brazil robot helps farmers scout, spray and protect crops, developer says

  By Reuters and published by Yahoo!Finance Sao Paulo – Brazilian agriculture startup Solinftec plans to accelerate deliveries of its farming robot in Brazil and in the United States, CEO Britaldo Hernandez said in an interview, in a sign of growing demand for “precision agriculture” tools in two of the world’s largest food producers. Sold

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Illegal telecommunication devices seized in shopping mall raid

  CYBER crime police together with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) and Excise Department officials today (May 28) raided a well-known shopping centre in Pathumwan area and seized a large amount of illegal telecommunication equipment, TV Channel 7 said. The team searched the fourth floor of this shopping centre and seized 157 illegal

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Hacker holding personal data of 55 million people is a Thai: Minister

  CYBER police now know that the hacker whose pseudonym is 9near and had threatened to release personal data of 55 million Thai citizens is a Thai, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 3). Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakmanusorn said the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), or cyber police, believes the Thai hacker’s

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Pegasus phone spyware used to target 30 Thai activists, cyber watchdogs say

By Reuters and published by CNA plus The FCPA Blog AT LEAST 30 Thai political activists have been hacked using Israeli surveillance spyware Pegasus, according to a joint investigation by human rights and cyber monitoring groups, which suspect the attacks were launched locally. The probe by Thai human rights group iLaw, Southeast Asian internet watchdog

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100,000 AIS customers hit after attack by hackers

ADVANCED Info Service Plc (AIS) said today (Feb. 18) that 100,000 of its customers’ data had been leaked after employees’ computers were hacked but correction had been made with the cell phone carrier’s system and business operations not compromised, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Prathana Leelapanang, CEO of AIS, said investigation of the cybercrime revealed

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Telegram outage reported worldwide, thousands affected

By Channel NewsAsia Singapore – Users of popular messaging service Telegram reported outages worldwide today (Jan. 17). The outage began at about 9. 15 p.m. in Thailand (10.15 p.m. in Singapore). According to user-submitted reports to Downdetector.com, the service appeared to be down in various countries, including Indonesia, India, Australia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, the United Arab

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Bill Gates says the metaverse will host most of your office meetings within ‘two or three years’

By Tom Huddleston Jr., published by CNBC, distributed by MSN.com AS Bill Gates reflected on what he calls his “most unusual and difficult year,” the billionaire also looked ahead to 2022 and beyond with no shortage of optimism — including when it comes to our “more digitised future.” In a year-end post on Gates’ personal

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