Last week, a hacker who went by the name "9Near" did not release the data on 55 million Thais as he had threatened.
However, that doesn't mean the public can sigh in relief as the government's handling of the matter is more worrying.
More than a week later, the Minister for Digital Economy and Society (DES), Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, has yet to catch the suspected cyber thief, a soldier.