Cyberattacks on personal information surge by 50%

The high increase mainly occurred in financial fraud and scams, as released in a report by the Viettel Group on August 26 in its Mid-Year 2024 Cybersecurity Report.

The report provided deeper insights into data breaches, security vulnerabilities affecting Vietnamese businesses, ransomware attacks, and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, all compiled by Viettel Cyber Security (VCS).

During the reviewed period, based on data compiled by the Viettel Threat Intelligence system, there has been an increase in terms of the number of cybersecurity threats.

Specifically, a total of 46 data breaches were reported involving businesses and organisations in the nation.

The most commonly leaked information included customer data and sales information from companies in the retail sector. Additionally, customer identity verification data through electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) applications and information from several universities and educational institutions were also compromised.

Approximately 17,000 new vulnerabilities were discovered in cyberspace, with more than half being classified as high and critical severity according to the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). Among these, 71 vulnerabilities posed a risk to organizations and businesses in the country, including serious flaws in the Ivanti Connect Secure internal network connection solutions and Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewall solutions.

Numerous attack campaigns targeted various sectors, including finance, public services, information technology, and manufacturing. Viettel Threat Intelligence recorded that 56 organizations in these fields were initially targeted by ransomware, had not yet had their data encrypted. Additionally, there were approximately 500,000 DDoS attacks, a 16% increase compared last year’s corresponding period.