Vietnamese airports hackings
Date | July 29, 2016 |
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Type | National Economics University in Vietnam |
On 29 July 2016, a group suspected coming from China launched hacker attacks on the website of Vietnam Airlines with client information leaked and on flight information screens at Vietnam's 2 biggest airports, Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Noi Bai International Airport, posting derogatory messages against Vietnam and the Philippines in their territorial row against China in the South China Sea.[1][2][3][4]
Background
On 12 July 2016, the
This hack comes days after a row involving a Chinese tourist at one of the hacked airports, Tan Son Nhat International Airport. A Chinese visitor complained, that her passport was handed back with obscenities written on the page that contains a map including China's "nine-dash line", that marks China's claim to territories in the South China Sea.[8]
Incidents
According to the
The official website of Vietnam Airlines, vietnamairlines.com, was also hacked by the same group at about 4pm the same day. The website page was replaced by the same picture that appeared on the airports’ screens. The website was back to normal at 18.30pm, however, the airlines’ customer database was stolen and made public on the internet, according to a press release from Vietnam Airlines. The airlines advised its members to change their account passwords as soon as the network system is recovered.[11]
Another 2 webpages were also compromised, are the webpage from
On next day, 50% of the computers can check in again, but the flight information screens are still off at Noi Bai airport. The speaker system is also still not working again. At Tan Son Nhat airport the situation is similar to Noi Bai with no flight information screens and no speaker system.[9]
Perpetrators
The hackers claimed to be the 1937CN from China, which is one of the biggest hacker groups in the country and has a history of hacking Viet Nam's and the Philippines’ websites in 2013 and 2015, respectively.[11]
References
- ^ Flight Info Screens at Vietnam's 2 Major Airports Hacked, nytimes, 29.7.2016
- ^ Cyber-terrorists attack flight info screens at Vietnam's 2 major airports, vnexpress, 29.7.2016
- ^ Flight information screens in two Vietnam airports hacked, theguardian, 29.7.2016
- ^ Hackers target flight info screens at Vietnam's airports, dw, 29.7.2016
- ^ a b "PCA Press Release: The South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of the Philippines v. The People's Republic of China) | PCA-CPA". pca-cpa.org. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
- ^ China's Secret Weapon in the South China Sea: Cyber Attacks, thediplomat, 22.7.2016
- ^ South China Sea: Vietnam airport screens hacked, bbc, 29.7.2016
- ^ a b c Hơn 100 chuyến bay bị chậm vì tin tặc tấn công sân bay, vnexpress, 30.7.2016
- ^ Hackers hit Vietnam airports with South China Sea messages, reuters, 29.7.2016
- ^ a b c Chinese hackers attack VN’s airports and Vietnam Airlines’ website, vietnamnews, 29.7.2016
- ^ Alleged Chinese hackers compromise Vietnam's airports, airline website, tuoitrenews, 29.7.2016
- ^ Website của Liên đoàn bóng đá Việt Nam bị tấn công Minh Minh, VnExpress 29/7/2016 | 23:15 GMT+7
- ^ Hacker TQ 'phủ nhận cáo buộc tấn công VN' BBC 30 tháng 7 2016