Details of some 100 million visitors to Thailand exposed online: research firm


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More than 106 million travellers to Thailand had their personal details exposed online in August, a cybersecurity research firm that discovered the data said on Monday, but the leak was quickly plugged by authorities. The Southeast Asian nation is a popular tourist destination, drawing nearly 40 million visitors in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic shut borders and seized up global travel. Britain-based consumer security firm Comparitech said in a report that its head of cybersecurity research, Bob Diachenko, found a database in August containing the personal information of travellers to the kingdom. He said “any foreigner who travelled to Thailand...