Thai hospital fined 12 million baht for data breach via snack bags Thaiger

pA significant private hospital in Thailand has been penalised with a fine of 12 million baht after patient paper records were discovered being repurposed as snack bags as reported by the nations data protection authorityppThis incident was one of five major cases announced on August 1 by the Personal Data Protection Committee PDPC which also included penalties for data law violations against various entitiesppThe hospital which remains unnamed faced scrutiny when its patient registry paper files were found to be used as pouches for crispy crepes locally referred to as khanom TokyoppThe PDPCs investigation uncovered that over 1000 protected files were misplaced after being dispatched for destruction The hospital stated that it had assigned document disposal to a small enterprise but failed to ensure followup The business owner accepted responsibility noting that the documents were leaked after being stored at their residencepp pp ppโพสตทแชรโดย The Thaiger thethaigerofficialpp

ppAs a result the PDPC issued a fine of 121 million baht US37210 to the hospital while the disposal business owner received a fine of 16940 baht US520ppAnother case disclosed by the committee involved a state agency that leaked personal information of over 200000 citizens following a cyberattack on its web application The compromised data was subsequently offered for sale on the dark webppThe investigation identified insufficient security measures including weak passwords and the lack of a risk assessment alongside the absence of a data processing agreement with the web application developer Consequently a combined fine of 153120 baht US4710 was levied on both the agency and its private contractorppThe remaining three cases involved data leaks from online retailers and distributors with fines ranging between 500000 and 7 million baht US15375 and 215250ppSince the year 2024 the PDPC has concluded six cases of personal data violations amounting to a total of 215 million baht US661130 in fines reported Bangkok PostppFollow The Thaiger on Google NewsppCopyright 2025 Thaiger p