Indonesia’s national data centre had been recently hit by a ransomware attack demanding a ransom of 8 million USD, Communication and Informatics Minister Budi Arie Setiadi said on June 24.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang affirmed there is no basis to believe that a group of hackers related to Vietnam attacked some foreign websites to gain information.

Some hacker groups have taken advantage of the COVID-19 outbreak’s complex developments in many countries to launch cyberattacks against agencies and organisations around the world, including those in Vietnam, said the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on March 19.

The Software Alliance (BSA) is cooperating with Thailand’s police to carry out a campaign to reduce the use of illegal software in the workplace by the end of 2019.

Vietnamese websites were hit by a total of 1,504 cyber-attacks in the first two months of 2018 in the forms of Deface, Malware and Phishing.

Vietnam-based technology corporation CMC on May 19 released its anti-data encryption software CMC CryptoShield, which offers protection from ransomware.

The national security service has identified two teenagers as the hackers behind recent attacks on the websites of several domestic airports, the Ministry of Public Security said on March 13.

Thai police have detained nine people suspected of hacking government websites to protest against amendments to a cyber security law.

The State Bank of Vietnam has written to banks, credit institutions and financial organisations, warning them against hackers.

The Ministry of Information and Communications requested offices, organisations and businesses promptly take measures to ensure their information security following cyber-attacks at airports.

The computer system of Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh City was hacked at 4:30pm on July 29.