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The groups, Facebook says, were engaging in cyber-espionage activities, attempting to compromise accounts to gain access to information of interest. Not connected to one another, the groups targeted individuals on Facebook and other online platforms, employing a variety of tactics.
The Vietnamese group mainly attempted to infect victims with malware, while the Bangladeshi adversary focused on compromising accounts and engaged in coordinated reporting to have certain accounts and pages removed from Facebook.