Nguyễn Mạnh Luật
Nguyễn Mạnh Luật (born 1993) is a Vietnamese cybersecurity expert. He studied computer science at the University of Information Technology, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, and graduated in 2016. While a final-year student in 2015, he helped Vietnam win the Cyber Sea Game 2015 in Jakarta, finishing first by a wide margin over Thailand. The Vietnamese team then competed at SECCON in Japan in January 2016.
As a student, Luật worked with major tech companies and competed in Capture The Flag events under the nickname l4w.io. After graduation, he joined Tencent in Shanghai as a security engineer, focusing on attack techniques research. With the A*O*E team, he placed Top 3 at Defcon CTF 2017 and Top 10 at the Google CTF finals in Switzerland. In 2018 he moved to the United Kingdom at Microsoft to work on the Incident Response Team, returning to Vietnam in March 2020.
During his time abroad, Luật co-founded CyberJutsu to share information security knowledge with the Vietnamese community. He hosted free live streams from 2017 to 2019, and CyberJutsu began official operations in Vietnam in 2020 with him as CEO. In August 2022 CyberJutsu received investment from ECQ Global to develop IT security training in Vietnam and the ASEAN region. He also co-founded Chong Lua Dao (Scam Fighter) with other experts, including Hieu Minh Ngo, and the project won a Make in Vietnam 2022 Top 10 award for digital products.
As a security expert for Chong Lua Dao, Luật provides commentary on information security and scam prevention and has contributed to UNODC cybercrime reports. In May 2023 he spoke about supply chain attacks at a VNISA workshop. In March 2025, the Vietnam Youth with Disabilities Association, with Microsoft Vietnam, launched the Digital Literacy Campaign for Vietnamese youth with disabilities, and Luật joined the campaign’s expert team. In May 2025 CyberJutsu partnered with Chong Lua Dao to organize a CTF for the GISEC Global 2025 conference in the Middle East, and CyberJutsu hosted the CyberRush CTF at the 7th Vietnam Security Summit. In September 2025 Luật participated in Smart Banking 2025, and CyberJutsu was a partner for the DF Cyber Defense 2025 drill. In October 2025, during the Hanoi Conference on Cybercrime, Luật joined a panel on capacity building and cross-sector collaboration in cybersecurity.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 16:03 (CET).