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Police nab suspected hacker of internet security firm in Vietnam
Feb 8, 2012, 4:24 GMT
Hanoi - A man suspected of hacking into the site of Vietnam's top internet security firm at the weekend has been arrested, a company official said Wednesday.
Police worked with Bkav, a leading anti-virus software company, to arrest the man after the attack paralysed the company's website for several days, Bkav director Nguyen Tu Quang said.
'Hackers are always trying to attack our site, but they are not always successful,' he said.
Quang said the suspect was identified as a computer security employee at an information-technology company in Hanoi.
Police tracked an Internet Protocol address and arrested the man, seizing two laptops believed to have been used in the attack.
Cyber attacks are on the rise in Vietnam, Viet Nam News quoted a police official as saying. More than 2,200 firms suffered attacks last year, Bkav said.
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