Key Events 

• Vietnam Probes Massive Credit Data Breach Affecting 160 Million Records;
• Thanh Hóa Leadership Shake-Up as Top Officials Arrested and Replaced;
• Việt Nam to Put Investors Under Police Watch;
• Leaked Memos Show Moscow and Hà Nội Skirting Global Sanctions System;
• Đà Nẵng Court Bribery Scandal Involves 20 Cases, 1.2 Trillion Đồng.

ShinyHunters Breach Raises Alarming Questions About State Data Security

Reuters reports that Việt Nam is investigating one of its largest-ever data breaches after the National Credit Information Center (CIC), under the State Bank, confirmed that the cybercrime group ShinyHunters had exfiltrated roughly 160 million records of personal and credit‐related data.

According to the Vietnam Cyber Emergency Response Team (VNCERT), the breach involved unauthorized access to the State Bank of Vietnam’s database; the full scope is still being assessed. The data being sold on dark web forums includes names, addresses, ID numbers, debt and income records, risk analyses, and other sensitive personally identifiable information (PII).