The website of the Ministry of Education was hacked by apparent teenagers who posted rebellious messages. The hackers proclaimed teenagers live by their own rules and adults have no right to control them. The ministry briefly shut down the website to fix the problem. Officials vowed to find the hackers and punish them.
On September 17, 2012, at about 4:30 p.m., the website of the Ministry of Education was hacked by apparent teenagers, who posted messages in Thai and English. The messages mainly said teenagers live by their own rules and adults have no right to control them.
“We’re Libertia,” one message in Thai said. “We do what we want to protect our freedom. You have no right to control teenagers like us. We have our own life and our own rules.”
The hackers also posted the same message in slightly fractured English: We’re Libertia. We do whatever we want, because we can. Don’t dominant your teenager. We have our life, We have our rules.”
The hacking caused the website to malfunction, and Ministry officials shut it down at 5:20pm. But the website was later fixed and restored, and it can be accessed at http://www.moe.go.th/