<https://rainbowtabl.es/2020/05/25/thai-database-leaks-internet-records/?=may...> I recently discovered an exposed ElasticSearch database when browsing BinaryEdge and Shodan. This database appears to be controlled by a subsidiary of a major Thailand-based mobile network operator named Advanced Info Service (AIS). According to Wikipedia, AIS is "Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 39.87 million customers" as of 2016. The database was likely controlled by AIS subsidiary Advanced Wireless Network (AWN). It contained a combination of DNS query logs and NetFlow logs for what appears to be AWN customers. Using this data it is quite simple to paint a picture of what a person does on the Internet. I made multiple attempts to contact AIS to get the database secured without success. At that point I contacted Zack Whittaker – a journalist from TechCrunch – for assistance. We were still unable to make contact with AIS. I then contacted the Thailand National CERT team (ThaiCERT). ThaiCERT who was able to make contact with AIS, and we were successful in getting the database secured. [...]