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WASHINGTON — Radio reporter Khut Sokun says he is doing less reporting this year. The reason: fear of Cambodia’s national internet gateway, which he and others say allows the government to monitor all online activity. Internet service providers in Cambodia have until February 2022 to redirect all their traffic through a regulatory body, or gateway,…
As the US and its allies joined hands last week to expose what they allege to be China’s Ministry of State Security’s malicious cyber activities around the world, the attention also turned to Cambodia with the US Department of Justice claiming that four Chinese hackers stole data concerning the Mekong River from a Cambodian ministry…
PHNOM PENH — A U.S. Justice Department indictment accusing four Chinese nationals of cyber espionage reveals how hackers allegedly stole data on Mekong River discussions with China from a Cambodian ministry in 2018. The Justice Department on Monday accused three Chinese state security officials of coordinating an expansive hacking campaign targeting government entities, universities and corporations around…
You might have to think twice about your answer after listening to this latest episode, in which Thina and I venture beyond the digital horizon to a world of state surveillance and cybersecurity. Our subject for this installment is the National Internet Gateway. No, that’s not another Phnom Penh monument, but rather a Cambodian project…
As authorities jail multiple activists for their online speech, rights groups and civil society members are decrying the government’s digital surveillance and criminalization of speech. About two weeks ago, officials arrested three members of the environmental protection group Mother Nature and later used a video clip allegedly taken from an online Zoom meeting and posted…
The Ministry of Interior’s Anti-Cybercrime Department is warning people to be on the alert for a scam on social media related to winning Coca-Cola prizes. Anti-Cybercrime Department director Chea Pov said there had been an increase in the number of messages received concerning the Coca-Cola Welfare Fund on Telegram and Facebook with the content “Click…
The Interior Ministry’s IT department has reminded the public to be careful and verify chat groups that purport to be official government channels at this time lest bad actors set up imitation channels to spread false news during the Covid-19 crisis. In a Facebook post, the department said amid the ongoing community outbreak, the government…
New York-based, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Cambodian government’s “Stop Covid-19” digital contact tracing system “raises serious privacy and other human rights concerns,” and urged less invasive measures as Cambodia battles a new wave of Covid-19. Introduced in February, the system encourages customers, workers, and visitors to scan a QR Code when entering an…
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — The Cambodian government issued a directive to establish a National Internet Gateway that would control online traffic, despite rights groups criticizing the move they say will give the government wide-ranging powers to control internet access. The sub-decree titled the “Establishment of the National Internet Gateway (NIG)” is drafted by the Ministry…
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Samoeurth Seavmeng sits at a conference table wearing black horn-rimmed glasses. Meng – as she’s known online and to friends – glances at her smartphone and begins to speak to 10 other young Cambodians gathered at Politikoffee, a weekly forum held in a leafy diplomatic enclave of the capital Phnom Penh. “It’s…