Vietnamese hackers trigger software trap after Australian sale of newspaper in Cambodia

A Vietnamese state-linked hacking group has used Cambodia's Phnom Penh Post website to target a local human rights organisation with malicious code and it comes just days after the Australian-owned newspaper was sold to a Malaysian spin doctor.

A Vietnamese state-linked hacking group has used a Cambodian newspaper website to attack a local human rights organisation, according to a leading cyber security firm.

The attack started just days after Australian mining magnate Bill Clough sold the newspaper to Malaysian spin doctor Sivakumar Ganapathy, who specialises in "covert PR".

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