Security News > 2020 > December > Facebook unmasks Vietnam’s APT32 hacking group

The Facebook security team has revealed today the real identity of APT32, a Vietnam-backed hacking group active in cyberespionage campaigns targeting foreign government, multi-national corporations, and journalists since at least 2014.

The APT32 nation-state hackers were linked to Vietnamese IT firm CyberOne Group in a report published earlier today by Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's Head of Security Policy, and Mike Dvilyanski, Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager.

"As our industry partners have previously reported, APT32 has deployed a wide range of adversarial tactics across the internet. We have been tracking and taking action against this group for several years."

Facebook also removed all accounts associated with the group from its platform and notified the individuals that may have been targeted by APT32.

APT32 is a Vietnamese-backed advanced persistent threat group known to have targeted foreign companies investing in multiple Vietnam industry sectors.

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