Homeland Security in Bangkok Launches Cyberwar Against Dissidents

here are the keywords and an outline.
timely story in progress.

Cyber-attacks from Thai Homeland Security

The Thai equivalent of our DHS didn't exist until 2004, and got a tremendous boost on January 1, 2007.

Their domain registration helps document their history:

I wasn't able to connect the dots until today when I witnessed a series of attacks against a server which hosts stories of genocide in Myanmar, and amphetamine distribution in Thailand produced under the direct protection of the military junta. Our own DEA has documented this drug trade (in addition to vast opium exports), and I have also found some translations of first hand accounts from Thailand.

The "Friendship Bridge" is important for a number of reasons. It is a conduit for illicit cargo. Some of the cargo is human. These are the victims of an oligarchy that has manipulated both nations for the past decade, an oligarchy that will use the disaster today to accomplish a goal they have long sought. And the oligarchy has fought on every front, including the frontiers of cyberspace.

Spam, phishing, and cyber-attacks of every type seem to be the full time occupation of most servers with asian addresses - but it is at least odd find "hacking tools" on the server of a nation's Homeland Security Department. And here are some more details from Bangkok:

cdpm3.com  IN	SOA   myna.cat.net.th
cdpm3.com  IN	NS      myna.cat.net.th
cdpm3.com  IN	A        61.19.100.10	
10.100.19.61.in-addr.arpa  IN	PTR www.cdpm1.com

The incriminating URL, where evidence exists right now:

http://www.cdpm3.com/id.txt

You won't want to enter it with a "?" at the end, or the command in the text file may be launched. That's how it is used by hackers at remote locations, such as the folks at IP 69.64.33.211

And here is an example that I witnessed in real time, and blocked via htaccess:

The hackers have named their server:

air176.startdedicated.com.

Wikipedia has some good background for the current intrigue. Please read:

Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1950 to 1976. It supplied and supported covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Second Indochina War. Air America

You won't easily find out who is really operating the server on North Tucker Road in St. Louis, MO where the subdomain

air176.startdedicated.com.

http://server4you.net

historical background:

Role of Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand in the economy of South Asia

"Alfred McCoy" opium, burma, namebase, "golden triangle", warlords, afghanistan, WA Amphetamine empire, engagement with unocal

When I originally published "New Years Bombing in Bangkok" from wire stories and tourist reports on New Year 2007, I couldn't figure out why it was so popular. Now I am beginning to understand.

The great game continues in Myanmar (world's top opium producer in 1999), but I have not yet had breakfast. Enter the keywords above into google, and you'll have the background for my story.

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