Lookout researchers say a hacking group likely linked to the Chinese government is conducting targeted surveillance against an ethnic minority known as the Uighurs.

"What we do know is that several of the malicious files were submitted to a public malware analysis site from the Palestinian Territories."

The U.S.-Russia hacking intrigue didn't end with the new year. Four new reported arrests add a new layer of questions to the whirlwind of 2016 election hacking.