Hacking advice

September 27, 2011

Sir,

Here is a bit of advice for anyone who has had their computer hacked, from someone who successfully extracted a sizeable settlement from an elderly American hacker living in Suksabai Villa.

The first step is that one has to find the IP Address of the hacker, and the time of the hacking, obtained in my case from the operator of one of the websites he hacked. Every time anyone accesses a website he leaves a record of his IP Address Number and the time of login. Using one of the many IP Address location websites on Google one can then find the name of the Internet provider controlling the IP Address in question.

The next step is to proceed to the ‘Technology Crime Suppression Division’ (with proof of the hacking) which is at the ‘Central Investigation Bureau’ of the Royal Thai Police, located in the Government Complex, Chaengwattana Road, Laksi, Bangkok.

The Bangkok Police then contact the Internet Provider and request the identity of the person using the IP Address at that specific time.

This all unfortunately takes a long time, a lot of effort, and an incredible amount of perseverance, in my case six months, but eventually the Internet Provider will send the police the required data, and they will then take action.

If the police do not take action just contact a law company such as Siam Legal, who will very soon make things happen.

The penalties for computer crime are now considerable, and have been in place since 2007.

It’s long and it’s tedious, but it’s worth it to get some little computer nerd who thinks he can do whatever he likes on the internet!

Cheers,

Terry McB.

By email

This is a timely reminder that any kind of computer to Internet activity involves the possibility of potentially sensitive information being compromised, and not necessarily by some hacker based in Snowdriftski, Estonia. There are plenty of people with far too much time on their hands living right here in Pattaya or Thailand in general who are capable of hacking into personal emails and even bank accounts of their intended victims.