A Massive Database of 8 Billion Thai Internet Records Leaks (techcrunch.com) 13
Thailand's largest cell network AIS has pulled a database offline that was spilling billions of real-time internet records on millions of Thai internet users. From a report: Security researcher Justin Paine said in a blog post that he found the database, containing DNS queries and Netflow data, on the internet without a password. With access to this database, Paine said that anyone could "quickly paint a picture" about what an internet user (or their household) does in real-time. Paine alerted AIS to the open database on May 13. But after not hearing back for a week, Paine reported the apparent security lapse to Thailand's national computer emergency response team, known as ThaiCERT, which contacted AIS about the open database. The database was inaccessible a short time later. AIS spokesperson Sudaporn Watcharanisakorn confirmed AIS owned the data, and apologized for the security lapse.
So? (Score:2)
They were never private to begin with, it's fucking Thailand.
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right, we don't have similar issues in the land of the free, USA.
merica, booya! bool shit, actually.
Sudaporn? (Score:2)
Is that similar to megaporn and ultraporn?
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Get a VPN, people! (Score:2)
...with its own DNS. It's a handful of bucks a month!
Porn guy apologies for lapse... (Score:1)
No security.
No commitment to fix.
An apology from a "spokesperson" that includes no real apology -- just the word "apology".
> Sudaporn... confirmed AIS owned the data, and apologized for the security lapse.
Later he'll change his name to sudoporn so it's rooted porn. And he'll apologize for things he's not responsible for.
Useless. Kind of like their data security. Or lack of commit to future data security.
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Promiscuous Mode (Score:2)
People as open and friendly as in Thailand might have a problem with the meaning of the "promiscuous mode" on network cards, which I imagine could get lost in translation.