Thailand cybersecurity state in 'crisis'

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http://www.zdnet.com/th/thailand-cybersecurity-state-in-crisis-7000008126/

By Ellyne Phneah
ZDNet News
November 30, 2012

Thailand is ramping up efforts to improve its cybersecurity, as risk of 
the public sector being attacked is growing due to the wide use of 
social media and inadequate security systems.

The increasing number of social media users was a concern among 
cybersecurity experts, noted Bunjerd Tientongdee, deputy director at the 
Ministry of Defence's (MoD) department of Defence Information and Space 
Technology, in a Bangkok Post report. He was speaking at a cybersecurity 
conference on Thursday.

Bunjerd referred to the role of social media in the Arab Springs 
uprising last year, noting such a scenario would also be possible in 
Thailand if social media was used for political purposes.

There are already several cases of government servers being threatened, 
Bunjerd noted but declined to publicly disclose any names.

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