Global hacker arrested in Thailand after collaboration betwe...

SINGAPORE - A 39-year-old man believed to be responsible for at least 75 hacking cases across the globe was arrested in Thailand on Feb 26. His arrest came after a cross-border operation between the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Royal Thai Police, said the SPF in a statement on Feb 27. Investigations into the data breaches began in 2020, after 11 victims in Singapore filed police reports. The victims had been subject to ransom demands from several threat actors after having their data stolen. The threat actors identified themselves as Altdos, Desorden, GhostR and 0mid16B, said the statement, adding that the multiple aliases were likely to be connected to the same person. When victims failed to pay the ransom demanded, their stolen data would be published online for sale. Desorden made the news in 2021 after it leaked data from employment agency Protemps Employment Services on...