VNDirect was attacked from 10am Sunday, March 24, 2024.

VNDirect Securities Corporation has just sent out a notice to customers and investors about the system recovery situation after the weekend attack.

Specifically, the VNDirect system was attacked from 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 24, 2024. A representative of VNDirect said that by this morning, the technology team had completely resolved the problem and was in the process of reconnecting to ensure timely transactions.

“However, the recovery process is expected to take time, so we will continue to update our customers. Thank you to everyone who has accompanied and trusted VNDirect . We had a difficult day, but we overcame it with the support of our customers and partners,” the company said in a statement.

Worldwide, DDoS attacks (the act of making servers or network resources unavailable to users) on financial institutions and stock exchanges are no longer uncommon. Typically in 2012, 6 major US banks simultaneously suffered DDoS attacks, making their customers unable to access their websites or conduct online transactions. In 2013, the world stock market also witnessed the Nasdaq stock exchange paralyzed for 3 hours due to a DDoS attack.

In Vietnam, from July 23 to July 29, 2020; the electronic trading system of one of the leading securities companies in the brokerage market was also continuously attacked by DDoS. This attack disrupted all transactions; prevented customers from logging into the system.