Biometric spoofing software used to compromise over 1,000 bank accounts in Vietnam
A criminal group in Vietnam allegedly used biometric spoofing software to compromise over 1,000 bank accounts from September 2025 to June 2026, bypassing facial recognition authentication and facilitating illegal transactions worth billions of Vietnamese đồng. Police arrested the ringleader and an accomplice on 26 June 2026.
What happened
From September 2025 to June 2026, Nguyễn Tiến Đạt and Hoàng Đức Mạnh allegedly collected, stored, and illegally sold over 1,000 bank accounts across Vietnam's Hà Nội, TP.HCM, Ninh Bình, Sơn La, and Bắc Ninh provinces.
The group used software capable of intercepting and controlling device cameras to bypass banks' biometric authentication systems, replacing real-time facial recognition with stored portrait images of account owners.
Reported impact
The compromised accounts were used for gambling payments, money laundering, unlawful advertising, and other illegal transactions, generating illicit profits in the billions of Vietnamese đồng.
Đạt rented or sold bank accounts along with the biometric spoofing tool to networks of accomplices across the country.
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