Women wearing face masks ride past the Opera House in Hanoi. The Vietnamese government says it was not behind a cyberattack on Chinese state organisations to obtain coronavirus information. Photo: AFP Women wearing face masks ride past the Opera House in Hanoi. The Vietnamese government says it was not behind a cyberattack on Chinese state organisations to obtain coronavirus information. Photo: AFP
Women wearing face masks ride past the Opera House in Hanoi. The Vietnamese government says it was not behind a cyberattack on Chinese state organisations to obtain coronavirus information. Photo: AFP

Coronavirus pandemic

Asia /  Southeast Asia

Vietnam denies hacking Chinese organisations for coronavirus information

  • US cybersecurity firm FireEye believes a Vietnamese hacking group targeted Ministry of Emergency Management and Wuhan government emails
  • But Vietnam says the accusation is unfounded and it prohibits cyberattacks

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
DPAReuters
DPA and Reuters

Updated: 9:19pm, 23 Apr, 2020

Why you can trust SCMP
Women wearing face masks ride past the Opera House in Hanoi. The Vietnamese government says it was not behind a cyberattack on Chinese state organisations to obtain coronavirus information. Photo: AFP Women wearing face masks ride past the Opera House in Hanoi. The Vietnamese government says it was not behind a cyberattack on Chinese state organisations to obtain coronavirus information. Photo: AFP
Women wearing face masks ride past the Opera House in Hanoi. The Vietnamese government says it was not behind a cyberattack on Chinese state organisations to obtain coronavirus information. Photo: AFP
READ FULL ARTICLE