Security News > 2020 > December > Operations of Hacker Groups in Vietnam, Bangladesh Disrupted by Facebook
Social media giant Facebook this week revealed that it has disrupted the activity of two groups of hackers - one operating from Vietnam and the other from Bangladesh.
The groups, Facebook says, were engaging in cyber-espionage activities, attempting to compromise accounts to gain access to information of interest.
Not connected to one another, the groups targeted individuals on Facebook and other online platforms, employing a variety of tactics.
The Vietnamese group mainly attempted to infect victims with malware, while the Bangladeshi adversary focused on compromising accounts and engaged in coordinated reporting to have certain accounts and pages removed from Facebook.
"The latest activity we investigated and disrupted has the hallmarks of a well-resourced and persistent operation focusing on many targets at once, while obfuscating their origin," Facebook explains.