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Sergeant who hacked data of 55 million Thais identified

The picture shows the first page of the Public Health Ministry's Mor Prom app believed to be the source of breached data of 55 million Thai people.

An army sergeant has been identified for allegedly hacking the personal data of 55 million Thais and putting the information up for sale under the hacker name "9Near", according to authorities.

The sergeant, whose name has been withheld, had acquired the data from the Mor Prom application, and police were questioning his wife, who worked as a nurse and had access to the Mor Prom system, national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas said on Friday. 

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