Amnesty International: Hackers attacking Vietnam dissidents

Two students use computers at an internet cafe near their dormitory in Hanoi, Vietnam. Human rights groups have been urging Vietnam to cease its repressive activities towards critics, seen especially in severe punishments of bloggers. — AP

BANGKOK: Amnesty International says it has found that a hacking group known as Ocean Lotus has been staging more spyware attacks on Vietnamese human rights activists in the latest blow to freedom of speech in the communist-ruled country.

The human rights group said Wednesday that Amnesty Tech’s Security Lab found evidence of the hacking attempts in phishing emails sent to two dissidents, one in the Philippines and one in Germany.