--- description: Hackers successfully compromised Thai government websites in response to the controversial sentencing of two Burmese migrants to death title: Hackers Hit Thai Prisons After Koh Tao Convictions image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42aad82338f4e576/69887b0b3c1639185c45bc4f/rtx1laey.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Thailand](/tag/thailand/) ## Thailand Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hackers Target Thai Prison Websites in Latest Retaliation for Koh Tao Convictions by [Simon Lewis](/author/simon-lewis/) ## Simon Lewis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 28, 2016 7:43 AM CUT  Burmese migrant workers Zaw Lin, right, and Win Zaw Htun arrive at the Koh Samui Provincial Court in Koh Samui, Thailand, on July 22, 2015 Burmese migrant workers Zaw Lin, right, and Win Zaw Htun arrive at the Koh Samui Provincial Court in Koh Samui, Thailand, on July 22, 2015Chaiwat Subprasom—Reuters by [Simon Lewis](/author/simon-lewis/) ## Simon Lewis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 28, 2016 7:43 AM CUT Hackers have successfully [compromised](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/843168/anonymous-linked-hackers-bring-down-thai-prison-websites "undefined") more Thai government websites in the latest in a series of cyberattacks launched in response to the controversial December sentencing of two Burmese migrant workers to death. Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin, both 22, were convicted of murdering David Miller, 24, and raping then murdering Hannah Witheridge, 23 — both British tourists — on the Thai island of [Koh Tao](http://time.com/3955081/thailand-koh-tao-murder-david-miller-hannah-witheridge-zaw-lin-wai-phyo-burma-myanmar/ "undefined") in September 2014. Social-media accounts linked to the global hacking collective Anonymous have reproduced claims that the two were wrongly convicted. Activists say the Thai police obtained confessions from the two Burmese men by [torture](http://time.com/3970699/thailand-koh-tao-murders-hannah-witheridge-david-miller-latest/ "undefined"), and a local forensic expert has [backed](http://time.com/4030837/koh-tao-murders-forensics-dna-no-match/ "undefined") claims that DNA evidence used in court was questionable. On Thursday, the Facebook page [We Are Anonymous](https://www.facebook.com/anonymousforjustice/photos/a.273927042756537.1073741828.273925916089983/576505982498640/?type=3&theater "undefined") posted a list of “all prison sites of Thailand,” which had apparently been hacked. A server status check showed that the main page for the Thai Department of Corrections was down. > [](https://twitter.com/Anons4justice/status/692498394774966272) The Facebook post used the hashtags #BoycottThailand and #KohTao, and also included a thank-you message to the Blink Hacker Group, which took credit for [hacking](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/824932 "undefined") almost 300 Thai court and government websites earlier this month. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4197695/hackers-thai-prisons-koh-tao-backpacker-murders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4197695/hackers-thai-prisons-koh-tao-backpacker-murders/"},"headline":"Hackers Target Thai Prison Websites in Latest Retaliation for Koh Tao Convictions","datePublished":"2016-01-28T07:43:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:31:00.982Z","description":"A group connected to Anonymous said it had hacked sites belonging to the Thai Department of Corrections","url":"https://time.com/4197695/hackers-thai-prisons-koh-tao-backpacker-murders/","keywords":["Thailand","facebook","hackers","Burma","Anonymous"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42aad82338f4e576/69887b0b3c1639185c45bc4f/rtx1laey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Simon Lewis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/simon-lewis/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42aad82338f4e576/69887b0b3c1639185c45bc4f/rtx1laey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Myanmar migrant workers Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun arrive at the Koh Samui Provincial Court, in Koh Samui","caption":"Myanmar migrant workers Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun arrive at the Koh Samui Provincial Court, in Koh Samui","creditText":"Chaiwat Subprasom—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/thailand/","name":"Thailand"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4197695/hackers-thai-prisons-koh-tao-backpacker-murders/","name":"Hackers Target Thai Prison Websites in Latest Retaliation for Koh Tao Convictions"}}]}] ```