Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-12-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: Vietnam Government Certification Authority
Affected country: Viet Nam
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Network Infrastructure
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Researchers from ESET discover "Operation SignSight", a supply chain attack against Vietnamese private companies and government agencies, carried out by inserting malware inside two applications of an official government software toolkit (Vietnam Government Certification Authority - VGCA).