Vietnam Financial Institute

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UN Panel evidence lists Vietnam among suspected DPRK cyber attacks on financial institutions and records an attempted theft of more than EUR 1 million through fraudulent SWIFT messages reported by Tien Phong Bank. The case is part of the same bank-theft pattern the Panel treated as DPRK cyber activity used to evade sanctions and generate revenue.

Mendeley Data: Collection of DPRK state-sponsored threat actors' activities v2 (Lyu, Sungkyunkwan Univ.)

Reported: 2018-07; Victims: Vietnam Financial Institute; Motivations: FinancialGain; Sectors: Finance; Countries: Viet Nam

UN Panel evidence lists Vietnam among suspected DPRK cyber attacks on financial institutions and records an attempted theft of more than EUR 1 million through fraudulent SWIFT messages reported by Tien Phong Bank.