Uighur rights activist Nursimangul Abdureshid poses during an interview in Istanbul on March 12, 2022. She lost contact with her family back in China in 2018 and has been unable to find them. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP via Getty Images) Chinese state media propaganda found in 88% of Google, Bing news searches Brookings researchers conducted their study over 120 days. May 31, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
Chinese soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army after a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the Korean War, on October 23, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) White House executive order further restricts investments in Chinese surveillance technology The Biden administration is taking a similar tack to its predecessor on Chinese technology. Jun 3, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
Demonstrators rally to ask for news of their Uyghur relatives and to express their concern about the ratification of a Chinese treaty in 2021. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images) Possible Chinese hackers pose as UN, human rights group to eavesdrop on beleaguered Uyghur population It's just the newest digital woe for the Turkic-speaking ethnic group. May 27, 2021 By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) U.S. intelligence community details destructive cyber capabilities, growing influence threats The Annual Threat Assessment definitively pegs SolarWinds to Russia. Apr 13, 2021 By Shannon Vavra
A Uyghur is tested at a temperature checkpoint on June 29, 2020 in Kuqa, China. (Photo by David Liu/Getty Images) China-based hackers used front companies to hack Uighurs, Facebook says Facebook’s investigators traced the Android developers to Beijing Best United Technology and Dalian 9Rush Technology. Mar 24, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
A street scene in Turpan, Xinjiang. Lookout discovered Chinese efforts to surveil Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority who live in China’s Xinjiang province. (Getty Images) Chinese mobile surveillance of Uighurs more pervasive than previously thought, researchers say The spying tools have been in use for years. Jul 1, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Beijing (Getty Images) A Chinese hacking group breached a telecom to monitor targets’ texts, phone metadata The timing of the attack coincides roughly with the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong. Oct 31, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty Images) BlackBerry Cylance: More and more APT groups are relying on mobile malware to track dissidents What has been used to track political dissidents inside certain countries is now being used on targets abroad, according to Cylance. Oct 29, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty Images) Trump administration looks to throttle Chinese surveillance companies’ business with U.S. The U.S. Commerce Department added eight Chinese companies to its Entity List, citing human rights abuses and surveillance against Muslim minorities. Oct 8, 2019 By Shannon Vavra
(Reuters) ‘Indiscriminate’ iOS hacking was relatively limited, Apple says. Try telling that to the Uighur population. Apple's iPhone and the operating system it relies on have enjoyed a reputation for having relatively strong security. Sep 6, 2019 By Jeff Stone