A Reuters report says a hacking group previously linked to the Vietnamese government or working on its behalf has broken into the computers of neighboring countries as well as a grouping of Southeast Asian nations.
According to the report, cyber-security company Volexity said the hacking group was still active, and had compromised the website of the ASEAN over several high-profile summit meetings.
ASEAN is holding another summit of regional leaders in Manila next week.
In May, cyber-security company Fire-eye reported that the group, which it calls APT32 and is also known as Ocean-Lotus, was actively targeting foreign multinationals and dissidents in Vietnam.
Fire-eye said at the time, the group’s activity was “of interest to the nation of Vietnam.”
Volexity founder and CEO Steven Adair said he had no basis to definitely say who was behind the group but said its capabilities rivaled those of most other advanced persistent threat or APT groups, a term often used to refer to hacker groups that are believed to have state support. (Reuters)