Anudit Urges Gov to Fix Data Leaks as National Security Threat

Thairath•Politics•17d ago

Reader Briefing

Anudit Nakornthap of the Kla Dharma Party calls on the government to treat personal data leaks as a national security crisis and implement a three-phase cybersecurity overhaul.

•Anudit Nakornthap identified personal data leaks of high-ranking officials and citizens as a national security threat.
•Online crime losses are reported at over 110 billion baht between March 2022 and April 2026.
•Anudit Nakornthap proposed a three-phase plan: urgent system isolation, medium-term API and account auditing, and long-term transition to Zero Trust architecture.
•The government is urged to disclose cybersecurity budgets from the past 3 years and establish an independent investigation committee.

Overview

•Anudit Nakornthap stated that data leaks enable scammers to use specific personal details to make fraudulent claims more believable to victims.
•Between March 2022 and the end of 2024, 773,118 online cases were reported with damages of approximately 79,569 million baht.
•From January 1, 2025 to April 12, 2026, 412,938 online cases were reported with damages of approximately 30,647 million baht.
•Operation Cut Down Scam 2 by the PDPC and CIB in June found over 9 million personal names linked to 13,677 online cases.
•Anudit Nakornthap proposed that the government implement MFA, use Digital Forensics to find data origins, and adopt the Least Privilege principle.
•Anudit Nakornthap argued that the justice system must distinguish between malicious hackers and good-faith whistleblowers like Thanarat Kuawattana-pan.
•Anudit Nakornthap urged the Prime Minister to appoint an independent expert committee to release a fact-finding report within 30 days.

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Key Quotes

Anudit Nakornthap

"The important question is not just whether it was hacked or not, but who could access what data, why it could be extracted, when the system detected it, and how much data was taken."

คำถามสำคัญจึงไม่ใช่เพียงว่าแฮ็กหรือไม่แฮ็ก แต่คือใครสามารถเข้าถึงข้อมูลอะไรได้บ้าง เหตุใดจึงดึงข้อมูลออกไปได้ ระบบตรวจพบเมื่อใด และข้อมูลถูกนำออกไปแล้วจำนวนเท่าใด

Anudit Nakornthap

"Cybersecurity does not come from closing news, closing websites, or silencing warners, but from accepting the truth, preserving evidence, disclosing responsibly, fixing systematically, and making those responsible accountable to the people."

ความมั่นคงไซเบอร์ไม่ได้เกิดจากการปิดข่าว ปิดเว็บไซต์ หรือทำให้ผู้เตือนภัยเงียบเสียง แต่เกิดจากการยอมรับความจริง รักษาหลักฐาน เปิดเผยอย่างรับผิดชอบ แก้ไขอย่างเป็นระบบ และทำให้ผู้ที่มีหน้าที่ต้องรับผิดชอบต่อประชาชน

Key Entities

Person

Anudit Nakornthap(อนุดิษฐ์ นาครทรรพ)

Deputy leader of the Kla Dharma Party and former Minister of Information and Communication Technology.

Thanarat Kuawattana-pan(ธนารัตน์ กัววัฒนาพันธ์)

An individual reported by the Department of Provincial Administration in April 2026 regarding claims of 53 million voter names leaking.

Organization

Kla Dharma Party(พรรคกล้าธรรม)

The political party of which Anudit Nakornthap serves as deputy leader.

PDPC(สคส.)ℹ️

The agency involved in Operation Cut Down Scam 2.

CIB

The agency involved in Operation Cut Down Scam 2.

Royal Thai Police(สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ)ℹ️

The agency that provided statistics on online crime reports.

Department of Provincial Administration(กรมการปกครอง)ℹ️

The agency that filed a complaint against Thanarat Kuawattana-pan in April 2026.