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Vietnam was subject to 134,375 cyber attacks in 2016, up more than four times from the previous year, according to the national center for computer emergency response VNCERT.
Experts said the situation will remain “complicated” this year.
Nguyen Huy Dung, deputy head of the Information Security Department at the information ministry, said attacks will target important control systems including transport infrastructure, finance and banking.
There will also be an increasing risk of attacks through common household equipment such as televisions and refrigerators connected to wireless internet.
Fraudulent activity on social networks will also be common, Dung said.
Vietnam’s spending on cloud computing recorded the fastest rate among ASEAN countries during the 2010-2016 period, according to a professor from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
HCM City Department of Information and Communication has reported that computers at some agencies are still infected with WannaCry ransomware.
Samsung Viet Nam officially introduced Samsung Talent Programme 2017, (STP) on a larger scale and with a higher value of VND8.5 billion (US$379,000) compared with the previous years.
The Ministry of Public Security said the hackers launched their attacks because they were eager to explore new things and wanted to show off for the hacker community.
