The electronic transaction system was attacked, VNDirect is connecting again

VNDirect was attacked at 10:24 a.m. on Sunday, March 3, 2024.

VNDirect Securities Joint Stock Company has just issued a notice to customers and investors about the situation of handling and troubleshooting the system after the weekend attack.

Specifically, system VNDirect been attacked since 10:24 a.m. Sunday, March 3, 2024. A representative of VNDirect said that as of this morning, the technology team has resolved the entire problem and is in the process of reconnecting in time for the transaction.

“However, the recovery process is expected to take time so we will continue to update our customers. Thank you everyone for your support and trust in us. VNDirect. We had a difficult day but we overcame it with the companionship of our customers and partners,” said a statement from the company.

Around the world, DDoS attacks (actions that make servers or network resources unavailable to users) on financial institutions and stock exchanges are no longer strange. Typically in 2012, 6 major US banks simultaneously suffered a DDoS attack that prevented their customers from accessing their websites or performing online transactions. In 2013, the world stock market also witnessed the Nasdaq stock exchange being paralyzed for 3 hours because of a DDoS attack.

In Vietnam, during the period from July 23 to July 07, 29; The electronic trading system of one of the leading securities brokerage companies in the market was also continuously attacked by DDoS attacks. This attack disrupted all transactions; Prevent customers from logging into the system.