Another reminder to watch your file-sharing settings. The Mainichi Daily News reports:
A 34-year-old Japanese computer hacker wanted in Japan for alleged cybercrimes was arrested in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai on Tuesday, Thai police said Wednesday.
Yugen Orimo is suspected of hacking private data of some 350 Japanese people via a popular file-sharing program and publishing the data on a pornography website he operates.
Many of the Japanese victims suffered humiliation and some were forced to leave their jobs, according to a senior Thai police officer.
The news story doesn’t indicate what type of “private data” were acquired or exposed, but it sounds like the hacker acquired photos that were unintentionally shared.