WITH the arrest of a global cyber crime gang’s mastermind in Singapore, Thai police coordinated with the FBI in seizing over a billion baht worth of their assets in Thailand, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 1). Mr. Mike Chai, FBI attache in Thailand, had asked the Attorney General’s Office to help smash this
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Central bank says Thais among top target of cyber criminals in Asia
THE BANK of Thailand revealed that Thais are among cyber criminals favourite targets in Asia and as these scammers continuously come up with new tactics it led to a total of 56,746 online fraud cases in January this year with 3.981 billion baht being stolen, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 24). Mr. Pinyo Tripetcharaporn,
Read moreCyber crime victims lost over 2 billion baht in February
THE PUBLIC was warned to be more careful after it was revealed that as many as 21,506 cyber crime cases were filed at https://www.thaipoliceonline.com in February with losses totalling 2,493,842,459 baht, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 9). Mr. Karom Phonphonklang, deputy spokesperson of the Prime Minister’s Office, said this works out to be 85,944,56
Read moreThree 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,
Read moreRambo Isan blasts cyber bullies for attacking PM’s twin daughters
LASHING out at cyber bullies for threatening Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s twin daughters today (March 23) is Assistant to the Prime Minister’s Office Minister Seksakon Atthawong, a red-shirt turncoat popularly known as Rambo Isan, who angrily said that this sort of action should be strongly condemned, Siam Rath newspaper said. Cyber harassment is unreasonable behaviour
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