12 million accounts were compromised

SGGP 11/23/2023 08:09

Up to 12 million accounts in Vietnam were hacked; 48 million data records of individuals and organizations were leaked and sold on cyberspace.

At the information technology and information security conference - CIO CSO Summit 2023 with the theme "Information security investment orientation for the digital future" held in Hanoi on November 22, Mr. Nguyen Son Hai, Director of Viettel Cyber Security Company, said that recently, many units and businesses did not realize that they were being attacked by cyber attacks.

Records from the Viettel Cyber Security system show that this year, in terms of data leaks, up to 12 million accounts in Vietnam were hacked; 48 million data records of individuals and organizations were leaked and sold on cyberspace. Regarding financial fraud, Viettel Cyber Security's technical system recorded up to 5,800 domain names used to create fake pages of banks, e-wallets, manufacturing enterprises, retail enterprises... to defraud and appropriate users' assets.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/co-12-trieu-tai-khoan-bi-xam-nhap-post715325.html