Ministry reveals 200 apps that steal your cash

Since an unhappy Thai man accused a charging cable of stealing the 100,000-baht contents of his bank account, people in Thailand have become hyper-aware of the problems of apps that steal your cash on their phones.

The victim insists he had not accessed any suspicious websites, taken any call centre calls or filled in any online forms but says his android phone was targeted by hackers. That opened the floodgates and soon hundreds of Thai netizens were sharing similar tales of woe.

Thai people appear to be extremely susceptible to clicking suspicious links and providing their personal information to almost anyone who calls.

But Wisanusan Sam-pok insists that he did not receive any scam calls, download any strange applications, or click any suspicious sites, but 101,560 baht (US$3,100) still disappeared on January 8.

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) and the National…