Chinese APTs have launched a series of cyberattacks against the Uighurs over the past four years, according to a report from Volexity. Researchers found eleven websites commonly used by the Uighur community strategically compromised with malicious code that infected visitors’ Android and Apple devices and collected information like the unique identification number, phone number, location, CPU data, and username. The infected websites are blocked by the Great Firewall, suggesting that the hackers are specifically targeting members of the Uighur diaspora. Chinese APTs have also hacked into telecoms networks in Turkey, Kazakhstan, India, Thailand, and Malaysia to track Uighurs. In the past, Beijing has claimed Uighurs are traveling to join terrorist groups.

Source: https://www.cfr.org/blog/cyber-week-review-september-6-2019