Facebook tracks 'OceanLotus' hackers to IT firm in Vietnam


LONDON/HANOI (Reuters): Cybersecurity investigators at Facebook have traced a hacking group long suspected of spying on behalf of the Vietnamese government to an IT company in Ho Chi Minh City.

The announcement on Friday (Dec 11) is the first time Facebook has publicly exposed an offensive hacking operation and, if confirmed, would be a rare case of suspected state-backed cyberspies being tracked to a specific organisation.

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