CD article by Ben Paviour looks into the spate of recent hackings.

Surveillance State
Security loopholes exploiting Cambodia’s mobile networks are thought to be behind months of leaks, hacks and snoops that have spooked activists and politicians
April 7, 2017
- Beginning early last month and continuing through this week, hackers have conducted a spree of seemingly coordinated attacks against at least a dozen opposition lawmakers, activists and journalists, trying to access and often succeeding in hijacking email and social media accounts.

Victims include CNRP Vice President Eng Chhay Eang, opposition lawmakers Ho Vann and Mao Monyvann, and Boeung Kak activist Chan Puthisak.

Some victims said the hijacks occurred after they received account recovery text messages from Facebook, Google and Yahoo that they never requested, suggesting that hackers may have been able to see the contents of the confirmation messages using surveillance technology and then used them to reset passwords and take over the accounts.

If hackers have access to text messages—and a spate of leaks suggests that some do—experts say that millions of online accounts linked to Cambodian telephone numbers could be vulnerable.
Full article : https://www.cambodiadaily.com/weekend/s ... te-127681/