The public opinion brigades is a state-sponsored web brigades of the Communist Party of Vietnam or linked to the Government of Vietnam. The earliest form of Internet propaganda supporting CPV seems to have begun in 2007.[1] Force 47 (Lực lượng 47) is a large cyberspace military unit of Vietnam revealed in December 2017 with a focus on combating anti-state activities on the Internet.[2] In 2017, it is reported that the cyber unit is already in operation in several sectors.[3][4]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.[5]
See also Edit
- Astroturfing
- Black propaganda
- Cyberwarfare in Russia
- Fake news website
- Hasbara
- Information warfare
- Internet activism
- Internet police
- PLA Unit 61398, Chinese PLA online hacking & malware implantation unit
- State-sponsored Internet propaganda in other countries:
- Internet Water Army; 50 Cent Party; 50 Cent Army, Chinese communist government's version of Dư luận viên
- Operation Earnest Voice
- Trolls from Olgino
- Web brigades
- Jewish Internet Defense Force
- AK Trolls
- Information security
- Vatnik (slang)
References Edit
- ^ Reed, John (26 December 2017). "Vietnam army reveals 10,000-strong cyber warfare unit". Financial Times.
- ^ Vietnam unveils 10,000-strong cyber unit to combat 'wrong views', Reuters, December 26, 2017
- ^ "Vietnam unveils 10,000-strong cyber unit to combat 'wrong views'". Reuters. December 26, 2017.
- ^ "Vietnam censors to fight 'internet chaos'". BBC News. 27 December 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.