Thayer Consultancy Background Brief:

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Cyber Hacking in Southeast
Asia: A Bibliography of
Publications by Carlyle Thayer
December 12, 2021

“Vietnam and Cyber Security,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, February 20,
2021. https://www.scribd.com/document/495348018/Thayer-Vietnam-and-Cyber-
Security.

“Did Vietnamese Hackers Target the Chinese Government to Get Information on

COVID-19?” The Diplomat, May 4, 2020. https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/did-
vietnamese-hackers-target-the-chinese-government-to-get-information-on-covid-
19/

“Vietnam: Cyber Espionage on China’s COVID-19?” Thayer Consultancy Background

Brief, April 26, 2020. https://www.scribd.com/document/460579899/Thayer-
Vietnam-Cyber-Espionage-on-China-s-COVID-19

“Có phải tin tặc Việt Nam đã nhắm vào chính phủ Trung Quốc để lấy thông tin về
COVID-19?,” Radio Free Asia China Reach Project No. 7, Radio Free Asia, April 27,
2020. https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/in_depth/did-vietnamese-hackers-target-
chinese-government-to-get-info-on-covid-19-
04272020145447.html?searchterm:utf8:ustring=%20Thayer

“Did Vietnamese Hackers Target the Chinese Government to Get Information on

COVID-19?” Radio Free Asia China Reach Project No. 7, Radio Free Asia, April 27,
2020. https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/china-vietnam-
04272020073129.html

“Chinese Hackers Target Mekong River Commission,” Thayer Consultancy Background

Brief, September 4, 2017. https://www.scribd.com/document/546325161/Thayer-
Chinese-Hackers-Target-Mekong-River-Commission
This Background Brief assesses claims that Chinese state-sponsored entities hacked
into the Mekong River Commission and directed phishing attacks opposition
politicians in Cambodia.
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Bibliography of Publications by Carlyle Thayer,” Thayer Consultancy Background
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