Hacker of 100 govt sites caught in Chiang Rai
published : 3 Nov 2023 at 08:27
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
A hacker accused of breaking into at least 100 government websites has been arrested in the border district of Mae Sai in Chiang Rai, police said on Thursday.
The suspect, identified only as Warakorn, was caught as he was about to cross into Myanmar.
According to police, the suspect hacked many government websites and used them for operating his illegal websites.
Typically, illegal websites are automatically blocked from Google search, while government agency websites can usually be found on the first page of search results.
The illegal links were damaging to the agencies and also confused the public, police said.
The investigation showed the suspect also opened bank accounts to receive money from the gangs that hired him to hack into the websites, police added.
Police have advised state agencies to regularly check their websites. If a website displays an illegal advertisement, it may have been hacked.
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Vocabulary
- gang (noun): a group of criminals who work together; a group of young people who spend time together causing trouble - แก๊ง, กลุ่มโจร
- government agency: a government department that provides a particular service - หน่วยงานรัฐ
- hack: to secretly find a way of looking at and/or changing information on somebody else's computer system without permission - เจาะเข้าโปรแกรมคอมพิวเตอร์อย่างผิดกฎหมาย
- hacker: a person who secretly finds a way of looking at and/or changing information on somebody else's computer system without permission - ผู้ที่มีความชำนาญในการใช้คอมพิวเตอร์ไปในทางที่ผิดกฎหมาย เช่น แอบขโมยข้อมูลจากคอมพิวเตอร์ในเครือข่าย
- illegal: against the law - ผิดกฎหมาย, นอกกฎหมาย
- state agency: a government department or body - หน่วยงานของรัฐ
- suspect: a person who is thought to have committed a crime - ผู้ต้องสงสัย
