Force 47
Force 47 is a large cyberspace military unit of Vietnam revealed in December 2017 with a focus on combating "wrong views" on the Internet.[1] Internet security firms such as Volexity and FireEye report pro-Hanoi or Hanoi regime-sponsored hackers installed spyware on anti-government, dissident websites to track who visits them.[2]
See also
- Public opinion brigades (Vi: Dư luận viên), Vietnamese Communist state-sponsored propaganda trolls and internet police
- State-sponsored Internet propaganda in other countries such as:
- 50 Cent Army, Chinese communist government's version of Dư luận viên
- PLA Unit 61398, Chinese PLA online hacking & malware implantation unit
References
- ↑ Vietnam unveils 10,000-strong cyber unit to combat 'wrong views', Reuters, December 26, 2017
- ↑ Hookway, James (31 December 2017). "Introducing Force 47, Vietnam's New Weapon Against Online Dissent". Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
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