Engineers Council Server Hacked, Personal Data of 350,000 Members Stolen Amid Concerns of Unauthorized Modifications

On April 24, 2026, Dr. Amorn Pimanmaas, a committee member of the 8th Engineers Council, revealed that following a committee meeting on April 20, the Engineers Council discovered a hack targeting expert reviewer user accounts during a system migration from COE Service 2 to COE Service 3. Hackers exploited this transition window to breach the membership database through continuous programming attacks totaling 680,000 attempts over approximately 10 hours, successfully extracting data on roughly 350,000 engineers.

The compromised data includes members' names, addresses, phone numbers, license levels, and other personal information. The affected engineers hold licenses across seven engineering disciplines: civil, electrical, mechanical, mining, industrial, environmental, and chemical engineering, including associate engineers and professional engineers.

This stolen data could enable criminal enterprises such as call center scams to target engineers and defraud them using the credible information obtained. It remains unclear whether hackers only extracted data or also modified it, which could potentially affect other database records including license classifications, professional ethics violations, and extensive personal information.

The timing is particularly concerning as the Engineers Council is preparing for electronic voting to elect the 9th committee. The breach's exploitation of the system migration window suggests possible involvement by malicious actors seeking to influence the election. The council is urgently calling on government agencies, including the Cyber Police and the Personal Data Protection Commission, to investigate this matter due to its far-reaching implications for engineers nationwide.