Bhutan is a small landlocked Himalayan kingdom in South Asia with a growing digital footprint and increasing reliance on networked infrastructure.
Overview
Bhutan is a small landlocked Himalayan kingdom in South Asia with a growing digital footprint and increasing reliance on networked infrastructure. The reported activity—Chinese threat actors scanning and exploiting Cisco ASA firewalls worldwide—highlights perimeter device vulnerabilities as a significant cybersecurity risk that could impact Bhutan's government and critical infrastructure if such devices are present and unpatched.
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