A Chinese hacker group, 1937cn, today defaced the website of Vietnam major carrier, Vietnam Airlines,and also compromised the screen at two major airports, Noi Bai International airport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh city.
The hackers also make an announcement on the loud speaker at the airport, though distorted, but was about the East Vietnam sea, a case China had lost to the Philippines at the Hague court, but said it won't be respecting the decision of the court.
Confirming the news of the cyber attack to local reporters, the deputy information minister confirmed that order has now been restored at the airports, and security measures have also been put in place to prevent such attack from happening again.
There were some flight delays as check-in was done manually after the attack at 21 airports across the country.
According to screenshot of the hackers message, they said this is a warning message for Vietnam and the Philippines.
According to a source, more than 400,000 account of Vietnam Airlines members, which is full of information such as the date of accession, points accumulation, expiration date. At 6:30pm today, the Vietnam airline website was fully restored back to normal state.
1937cn claimed the responsibility of the attack and make a press release on its website.
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