What you need to know about the Thailand International Records Data Breach

The short answer:

• 106 million international travelers to Thailand were exposed

• Includes names, passport numbers, arrival dates and more.

• Dates breach ranges from 2011 to present day

  • Data was secured August 23rd from third party observers. The IP address of the data is still publis but the data itself has been replaced with a honeypot says Paul Bischoff from Comparitech.

The long answer:

This information comes from the aforementioned article, and Bischoff goes on to say that the database totalled about 300GB or 106million records containing the following information:

• Date of arrival in Thailand

• Full name

• Sex

• Passport number

• Residency status

• Visa type

• Thai arrival card number

The danger with this information being exposed is simply a privacy concern, however, no financial or contact information was exposed. The only sensitive information to be exposed is a passport number, but a bank account can not be opened with one nor can anyone travel under someone else’s name. This is only one exposure out of thousands that Comparitech identifies for conglomerates just like Mi-token. Another threat that poses a more serious risk was their latest finding about 35million US residents personal information being exposed in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San diego, a gold mine for spammers and scammers, to view if you were at risk (you may be if you use an Amazon account) view the following article here.