Vietnam linked to spy campaign using EU-made malware


VIETNAMESE agents may be behind a global spyware campaign targeting officials, civil society and journalists around the world using EU-made malware, Amnesty International said.

The NGO detailed in a report how a Vietnam-linked account on Twitter, now X, tried to infect the phones of dozens of people and institutions – including overseas Vietnamese journalists, EU and US officials and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen – with malware called Predator.

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