Vietnam joins the ranks of governments using spyware to crack down on human-rights defenders. Human-rights activists are being targeted by cyberattacks as part of a wider effort by the Vietnamese state to censor anyone speaking out against the government. The first spyware attacks against government dissidents began in Feb. 2018, according to Amnesty International s investigation. The targets have included pro-democracy activist Bui Thanh Hieu, now living in Germany; the Vietnamese Overseas Initiative for Conscience Empowerment (VOICE) and an unidentified blogger.
Source: https://threatpost.com/cyberattacks-vietnam-human-rights-activists/164284/