APT32 Hacker Group Behind Wuhan Cyberattack Has Links to Vietnam IT Firm, Claims Facebook


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For every large-scale cyberattack in the last few years, cybersecurity experts and the western intelligence community have accused either Russia, China, Iran or North Korea. Those four nations have been designated enemy states of the U.S. and hence are regularly named by cybersecurity researchers. But now, Facebook says it has been able to detect the identity of a cyberespionage group from Vietnam. Named APT32, also known as Cobalt and OceanGroup, the group is known for targeting companies, journalists, human rights activists, news agencies and political dissidents in Vietnam and abroad. The group is believed to be backed by the Vietnamese...