Online platform created to control data breach

The Vietnam Cyber Security under Authority of Information Security (AIS) of the Ministry of Information and Communications has developed an online tool to check email security.
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The Vietnam Cyber Security under Authority of Information Security (AIS), Ministry of Information and Communications has developed an online tool to check email security. (Photo thuongtruong.com.vn)


Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Cyber Security under Authority ofInformation Security (AIS) of the Ministry of Information and Communicationshas developed an online tool to check email security.

To know if an email password is leaked or stolen on the internet, a user canaccess https://khonggianmang.vn/, type an email address and click “search”. Anotification mail then will be sent to the inbox. If it notifies that the emailpassword has been exposed, it should be changed to a new one.

According to AIS, a 41-gigabite file containing about 1.4 billion usernames andpassword combinations was recently found on the Dark Web, a huge data breachrelated to email accounts.  

Leaked credentials include 473,770 Vietnamese email accounts (using the domainof “.vn”) in which there are 1,056 accounts with the governmental domain of“.gov.vn” and 806 accounts belonging to banks.

AIS said these emails might have been used to register on social networks, bankaccounts and online services. Therefore, they are at high risk of cyber attack.

Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) warned internet users tocheck their email security, change passwords and not to use public emailaccounts for private purposes.

Nguyen Khac Lich, deputy director of VNCERT, said a data breach would allowcyber criminals to use leaked email accounts to log into different informationsystems as people tend to re-use their passwords. If successful, theycan usurp those accounts and use them to attack, hack and destroycyber systems.-VNA
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