The attacker of the online newspaper VOV used to be a famous hacker, admired by neighbors for making a lot of money

Profile of Huynh Phuoc Man is no longer strange in the "underworld".

The online newspaper VOV (under the Voice of Vietnam) recently published two articles, reflecting the fact that Nguyen Phuong Hang had livestream behavior with inappropriate, offensive and offensive words to many individuals on the air. cyberspace. After the articles were published, the VOV side was attacked by some people with incitement, creating virtual accounts to attack.

As a result, on June 13, the newspaper suffered a DDoS (denial of service) attack, overflowing the bandwidth, disrupting access to the newspaper. Regarding this attack, the police have so far prosecuted Huynh Phuoc Man and Vuong Quoc Thinh (23 years old, living in Cat Hanh commune, Phu Cat district, Binh Dinh) to investigate the crime of obstructing or disrupting the operation of the network. computers, telecommunications networks, electronic means.

Lam Dong Provincial Police also sanctioned PT (16 years old, living in Loc Thanh commune, Bao Lam district, Lam Dong) for obstructing service provision of the information system.

According to the investigating agency, on June 15, Man performed a DDoS attack on the website vov.vn. The entire behavior was performed by Man at home (in Tien Phuoc district), so far the motive and purpose of the attack on VOV electronic newspaper are unknown.

Before being arrested, perhaps few people know that Man used to be a famous hacker, operating the largest hacker forum in Vietnam, was knocked down by the High-tech Crime Prevention Police Department (under the Ministry of Public Security). 2014. After being arrested and in 2016, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City fined Man a sentence equal to the term of detention, and was released in court.

After that, Man returned to his hometown to live as an ordinary person, known by his neighbors as a good young man... About 10 years ago, Man was the founder and leader of a forum called vietexpert.info, Server rental in the US.

When vietexpert.info's network was "covered" nationwide, Man, as an administrator, facilitated dozens of other people to manage the network in many different localities. When it was still active, vietexpert.info was considered one of the largest forums for hackers in Vietnam.

The forum operated by Man is closed, only reputable members, who are strictly checked for personal information as well as the operation process, are allowed to introduce new members. To join the forum, new members must pay a fee of 100 USD.

When approved, new members are given a secret code, can only post, view and comment on posts, not join private pages. After the probationary period, new members must pay an additional 50 USD to have the right to participate in a separate section.

At this time, new members can exchange, buy and sell credit card information, receive training on how to hack websites to steal credit card information, how to use stolen or sold credit card information. intermediaries in foreign countries and then transferred to Vietnam for consumption.

When he was not arrested, Man asked his girlfriend to open an account at Dong A Bank in his name, the account balance was usually over 2 billion dong so that they could both trade and trade in credit card information right on the forum. . In addition, Man also opened another account at Dong A Bank in the name of his ex-girlfriend to serve the sale and delivery of private money.

In January 2014, the High-tech Crime Prevention Police Department simultaneously arrested Man and many others in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang. The vietexpert.info forum led by Man was also shut down since then...

People where Man lives said: Man is the only son in the family, whose father is a former commune official, and his mother works at a photocopy shop. Man is unmarried, living with his parents in a two-story house by the Tien River.

Ms. NTS - a neighbor said: "Since childhood, Man was an ordinary student. After finishing grade 12, Man entered a university in Da Nang City. Also from here Man started making money but no one knew what to do. Some The next year, Man was suddenly arrested. Television and radio reported that people here knew that Man was a hacker," said Ms. S.

When he returned to his hometown, Man lived with his parents. Every day, Man lives in harmony with his neighbors, nothing special. Neighbors only know that Man is a good young man, making money, often posting photos on Facebook traveling everywhere.

"Listen to them saying that Man is good at computers, works as security for several banks in Saigon, earns a few hundred million dong a month. Tuong Man, after committing a crime in the past, has been willing to do business, so everyone is happy, but recently, Min was arrested again, I don't know why, arrested for what crime?" - Ms. S. shared.

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