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Notorious ex-hacker hired by Vietnam’s cybersecurity agency to teach others on dangers of hacking | South China Morning Post

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Vietnamese Ngo Minh Hieu is a convicted hacker who once stole the personal information of some 200 million Americans. After serving seven years in a US jail, he was released in 2019 and was recruited by the Vietnamese government in 2020. His new job at Vietnam’s National Cyber Security Centre involves educating the …

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