![]() However, China denied supporting hacking attacks and said that they would not allow any individual to use any resources to commit cyber attacks. FireEye said it had been tracking the group’s activities since 2013 and believed that hackers were acting on behalf of the Chinese government in order to provide the Chinese government with widespread visibility into Cambodian elections and government operations. Before Cambodia’s 2018 general election, a Chinese hacking group called TEMP.Periscope had shown extensive interest in the country’s politics, causing active compromises of multiple Cambodian entities related to the Country’s electoral system such as Cambodia’s National Election Committee, foreign affairs, interior and ministry of finance and senate. dollars to one thousand and five hundred U.S. are punishable from one to three years imprisonment and fine from five hundred U.S. People who “establish contents deemed to hinder the sovereignty and integrity of the country or government agencies and ministries, incite or instigate, generate insecurity and political, and damage the moral and cultural values, etc. Following the above incidents, the Cambodian government announced a new law requiring surveillance cameras in internet cafes and telephone centers, and to retain footage for at least three months.Īrticle 28 of the draft law regulates user content and websites. Another hacktivist collective, Anonymous, caused over 5,000 documents to be stolen and leaked from Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As result, the operation leaked highly confidential information and posted a number of passwords for other hacktivist groups to use. OpTPB targeted several websites of Cambodian businesses and government organizations, including the armed forces. After the announcement, a hacker group called NullCrew launched a campaign named “Operation The Pirate Bay (OpTPB)” to attack Cambodian websites to protest against internet censorship and the arrest of Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, the 27-years-old co-founder of torrent sharing site The Pirate Bay. In 2012, the Cambodian government announced that it was in the process of drafting a Cybercrime Law which sparked fears that it could extend traditional media restraint to the online world. This publication is available in the following languages Cybersecurity practices in China, Japan and Singapore are briefly explored, followed by recommendations on making cybersecurity law in Cambodia more robust, specific and proportionate, in line with international treaties like the Council of Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime. This paper outlines the cybersecurity threats it faces and analyzes existing legal measures such as the Criminal Code and the new draft Cybercrime Law, also looking at how these laws could be interpreted too broadly and thereby potentially restrict fundamental rights. As a developing country, Cambodia lacks good technology practices and legislation because of poverty, poor infrastructure, weak institutions, low literacy and low ICT awareness. ![]() There are also reports of malicious local hackers, but most go unnoticed and unpunished. Targets have included those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Election Committee, the National Police, the military and the Supreme Court thousands of official documents were leaked online by the hacktivist collective “Anonymous”. Government websites have been subject to cyberattacks since 2002. ![]() Cybercrime is a well-known, yet poorly understood issue in Cambodia, and the country’s existing legal framework is vague and unclear compared to international standards. ![]()
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