The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) speaks to Ben Read, the senior manager of Mandiant Threat Intelligence’s cyber espionage team, about APT32, a cyber threat actor with suspected links to the Vietnamese state. APT32 was implicated by FireEye for targeting local government institutions in Wuhan as COVID–19 began spreading in the Chinese city. The episode also covers the cyber capabilities of Southeast Asian states and Chinese cyber surveillance of Taiwan.
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