The Ministry of Investment or Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has assured that the issuance of business identification numbers (NIB) via the Online Single Submission (OSS) remains unaffected by a cyber attack on the temporary national data center (PDNS) 2, which was detected on June 17.

Vietnam recorded 6,219 cyber attacks since the start of 2019, a year-on-year surge of 104 percent, said the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team.

As many as 739 cyber attacks were detected by the monitoring and warning system of the Vietnam Computer Emergency Rescue Team (VCERT) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) in May, the team reported on June 14.

The health records of 1.5 million Singaporean patients, including that of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, have been hacked in the worst cyber attack in the country, said local authorities on July 20 .

The Bkav Corporation on June 5 warned that up to 1.2 million computers in Vietnam might have been infected with a destructive virus called W32.XFileUSB that can wipe all data on the users’ USB drive.

Malaysia is investigating an alleged attempt to sell the data of more than 46 million mobile users upon information about the largest data leak so far in the country.

The Thai government on May 17 announced a new cyberspace law, allowing agencies to access private computer systems, ostensibly to tackle hacking.

The website of Tan Son Nhat International Airport, www.tansonnhatairport.vn, was allegedly hacked on late March 8 as many people reported to have failed to enter this website at about 10:45 p.m. of the day.

Computer viruses caused losses of 10.4 trillion VND (470 million USD) in 2016, surpassing the 8.7 trillion VND the year before, according to the latest report from the BKAV Technology Group.

Hackers have launched cyber attacks on a series of the Thai Government’s websites since December 19, after the country’s parliament passed an amended computer crime law.

All cyber attacks and hacking should be condemned and punished strictly, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh at the ministry’s regular press conference on August 4.

As many as 2,470 cyber attack cases were reported in Malaysia in the first quarter of this year, up 42 percent compared to the previous quarter, according to CyberSecurity Malaysia.

A group of protesters has threatened to launch a fresh round of cyber attacks unless the Thai government abandons its single Internet gateway proposal by October 14.

Thai authorities are considering legal action against protesters who launched cyber-attacks that disrupted access to a number of government websites including the Prime Minister’s.