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SINGAPORE (Reuters) A hacking group previously Canada Goose Outlet linked to the Vietnamese government or working on its behalf buy canada goose jacket has broken into the computers of neighboring countries as well as a grouping of Southeast uk canada goose Asian nations, according to cybersecurity company Volexity.

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Steven Adair, founder and CEO, said the hacking group was still active, and had canada goose factory sale compromised the website of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over several high profile summit meetings. ASEAN is holding another summit of regional leaders in the Philippines canada goose uk outlet capital Manila this week.

In May, cybersecurity company FireEye Canada Goose Online reported that the group, which it calls APT32 and is also known as OceanLotus, was actively targeting foreign multinationals and dissidents in Vietnam. FireEye said at the time the group activity was interest to the nation of Canada Goose sale Vietnam.

Adair told Reuters he had no basis to definitely say who was behind the group but said its capabilities rivalled those of most other advanced persistent threat canada-gooseoutlets (APT) groups, a term often used to refer to hacker groups that are believed to have state support.

we can say canada goose clearance is that this is a very well resourced attacker that is able to conduct several simultaneous attack campaigns.

Vietnamese officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. But Hanoi has canada goose in the past denied accusations of cyber attacks against organizations or individuals, and said it would prosecute any cases.

Adair said it was not clear how much information the group canada goose uk shop had stolen. Canada Goose Parka do not really have anything on Canada Goose Jackets the scale of data theft, but we can tell you the scale and reach of the sites they have compromised is very far reaching, he said.

Volexity said in a report that the group had compromised websites of ministries or government agencies in Laos, Cambodia and the Philippines so they would load malicious code onto the computers of canada goose store targeted victims.

This code would then direct them to a Google page which asked for their permission to access their Google account. If the user agrees, the hackers then have access to their contacts and emails.

The ministries included Cambodia ministries of foreign affairs, the environment, the civil service and social affairs, as well canada goose black friday sale as its Canada Goose online national police. In canada goose uk black friday the Philippines it had compromised the websites of the armed forces and the office of the president.

Three ASEAN websites, and the canadian goose jacket websites of dozens of Vietnamese uk canada goose outlet non government groups, individuals and media, were similarly targeted. The group also infected websites belonging to several Chinese oil cheap canada goose uk companies.

Officials at ASEAN headquarters canada goose coats in Jakarta were not immediately available for comment.

Kirt Chanthearith, a spokesman for the Cambodian national police, said the police website was hacked about six months ago but he did not know who was responsible. was hacked and we lost some data he canada goose clearance sale said, without giving further details.

Officials buy canada goose jacket cheap in Thailand said they were not aware of any hacking of government or police websites.

taken measures like cyber hygiene programs, he told Reuters. are conducting due diligence in the Philippines and we are clearing our network.

Reporting by Jeremy Wagstaff; Additional reporting by Chansy Chhorn in PHNOM PENH, Matthew Tostevin in HANOI, Patpicha canada goose outlet Tanakasempipat and Suphanida Canada Goose Coats On Sale Thakral in BANGKOK, Agustinus Beo Da Costa in JAKARTA and Neil Jerome Morales in MANILA; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan.

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