Many ransomware attack groups target systems in Vietnam
Data recorded from the technical system of the NCSC National Cyber Security Monitoring Center under the Department of Information Security (Ministry of Information and Communications) as well as the National Cyber Security Center under A05 (Ministry of Public Security) all pointed out that, recently, ransomware data encryption attack groups are focusing on attacking Vietnamese organizations and businesses.
Only from the end of March until now, since the discovery of ransomware attacks on information systems in Vietnam has tended to increase, in an update on April 6, the Department of Information Security said on Cyberspace is seeing ransomware attack campaigns targeting agencies, organizations and businesses in Vietnam.
NCSC’s monitoring system also recorded that ransomware attack groups focus more on organizations operating in the fields of finance, banking, energy, telecommunications… In fact, ransomware attacks into the system of a number of Vietnamese businesses in recent days, causing property damage, affecting brand reputation, and especially disrupting the business operations of these units.
NCSC Deputy Director Pham Thai Son said that many Vietnamese organizations and businesses have not ensured the security of their information systems fully and in accordance with regulations. Photo: Le Anh Dung
Talking on the sidelines of the seminar “Preventing ransomware data encryption attacks” taking place on April 5, Mr. Pham Thai Son, Deputy Director of NCSC, through analysis, identified the causes and objects of attacks on systems. Information systems in Vietnam recently, the Information Security Department noticed that many different attack groups chose to target the systems of domestic organizations and businesses such as Lockbit, Blackcat, Mallox…
The NCSC representative also said that although ransomware attacks have been around for a long time, the level of sophistication, complexity and professionalism of attack groups is much higher than before. Meanwhile, although Vietnam is accelerating digital transformation, many activities are shifting to the digital environment; But there are still many domestic organizations and businesses that have not fully ensured the security of information systems, making the systems an easy target for hacker groups.
Mr. Pham Thai Son also shared that the Information Security Department regularly and continuously issues warnings about new vulnerabilities and new attack trends to agencies, organizations and businesses so that units can take action. Update and handle errors promptly. However, the reality is that many organizations and businesses do not really care about handling it, nor have they invested properly to ensure information security.
According to statistics, after more than 7 years of the Law on Network Information Security and Decree 85 on ensuring the security of information systems by level taking effect, up to now more than 33% of information systems of state agencies have not been implemented. Complete the approval of the information system security level, and the percentage of the system that has fully implemented protection measures according to the level proposal document is even lower, only about 20%.