The malware campaign targeting the Uyghur Muslim minority in China’s autonomous region of Xinjiang may have been more extensive than previously thought. According to a new report published by Washington, DC-based cybersecurity firm Volexity, the community has been been at the receiving end of a large-scale surveillance operation via “strategically compromised websites” and mobile devices running not just iOS, but also Android. This indicates that the campaign targeting Uyghurs was far broader in scope than Google initially disclosed. “The systematic targeting and compromise websites that are run by and cater to Uyghurs make it clear they are the primary targets,” the…
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Tuesday 3 September 2019
