Actor claims leak of 822,140 Bangkok Post member accounts
A claim posted on X alleges a breach of Thailand's Bangkok Post with 822,140 member accounts and a 6.9 GB infrastructure dump. The newspaper has not confirmed the case and no attack date is known. Readers with an account should change reused passwords and await official statements.
What happened
A claim posted on X alleges a breach of Thailand's Bangkok Post, exposing 822,140 member accounts and a 6.9 GB data archive tied to infrastructure. The newspaper has not confirmed the case and no attack date is known.
Why it matters
If confirmed, the leak could expose data of hundreds of thousands of registered readers, with risk of phishing and account takeover where passwords were reused. For the outlet, there is reputational and regulatory risk.
What to do
Anyone with a Bangkok Post account should change reused passwords, enable two-factor authentication and follow official statements. The security team should check for corporate accounts tied to the service.
For the technical team
- Affected
- Bangkok Post, jornal da Tailândia; alegação de vazamento com 822.140 contas de membros e dump de 6,9 GB de infraestrutur · Bangkok Post (member account service), per the claim. No versions or systems specified.
- Exploitation
- Claim posted on X by @DarkWebInformer. No technical report, PoC, or confirmation from the outlet.
- Fix
- Not applicable; sources indicate no fix.
- Vector
- Not described in the sources. The claim cites a breach of Bangkok Post and a 6.9 GB infrastructure dump, with no method details.
- More details
- Sole source is @DarkWebInformer's post on X. The figures (822,140 accounts; 6.9 GB) come from the claim. No confirmation from Bangkok Post, no attack date, and no group name.
Timeline
Incident opened.
Sources 1 source
- @DarkWebInformer @DarkWebInformer
