Self-taught hacker 'accesses police system using AI to delete his own records'

A self-taught hacker who allegedly tried to use AI to delete his police records has been arrested in Thailand.

Sahachart, 26, reportedly learned advanced hacking techniques despite leaving school when he was just 12-years-old.

He was said to have used AI chatbots to try breaching the Royal Thai Police database and erase five outstanding warrants for fraud, robbery, and computer crimes.

When his attempts failed, he then turned his focus on commercial websites, exploiting their security flaws for financial gain.

Police ended Sahachart's cybercrime spree in a dawn raid on his apartment on the holiday island of Phuket on July 18.

Footage shows officers storming his room, where they found the desktop computer he allegedly used for hacking.

The suspect tried to run away, but police blocked his exit.

A search of the room also found 80 methamphetamine pills, a loaded Colt .380 semi-automatic pistol, 64 rounds of ammunition, a laptop and four mobile phones.

Sahachart faces multiple charges including night-time theft, receiving stolen property, unauthorised access to a computer system, altering another person's computer data, damaging computer systems, possession and use of Category 1 narcotics, and possessing a firearm and ammunition without a licence.

Authorities said the operation followed a report from a mobile phone top-up company that lost 200,000 baht in a cyber attack in June.

Sahachart reportedly duped their automated payment system by sending spoofed commands that mimicked incoming fund transfers, giving him digital credits without making any actual payments.

He then used the credits to purchase products, causing more than 200,000 baht in losses.

Police Major Teerapong Srisamai of the Cyber Crime Investigation Division 5 said the suspect had previously committed robbery in Nakhon Si Thammarat before fleeing to the Thai-Myanmar border, where he taught himself to hack.

He said: ‘The suspect and the seized evidence were handed over for further legal proceedings.'