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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Data privacy needs boost | History Defined

A hacker who goes by the name "9near" is threatening to publish the personal data of some 55 million Thai citizens on a dark web data-breach site called BreachForum at 4pm today.

The hacker claims to have hacked into various government databases -- a claim backed by sending several well-known newscasters text messages containing their personal data, including their phone numbers, registered addresses, ID card numbers and other private information.

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