Government advised to protect “digital wallet” from scams and hacks

The founder of Super Poll for cyber security is advising government security agencies to take additional precautionary measures against possible cyber attacks related to the proposed “digital wallet” scheme.

Assistant Professor Noppadon Kannika, also a member of the national police policy committee, said that the scheme, which involves about 50 million Thai people receiving 10,000 baht each, would be a massive incentive for online scammers to develop technology to siphon off money from its recipients by attacking the “pao tang” application and system, which are expected to be used in the scheme.

He said that the weak point of scheme is the use of cell phones to access the 10,000 baht benefit, if hackers obtain users’ ID card and bank account information.

Noppadon cited a case about two years ago when the blockchain system, which is regarded as being very secure, was…