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Spyware Targets Tibetans

June 13, 2020;

Researchers have identified spyware targeting Android phone users across Tibet, Turkey and Taiwan. The spyware dubbed ActionSpy, “allows the attacker to collect information from the compromised devices” and is believed to target instant messaging applications. The group behind the attacks has “previously been associated with cyberattacks targeting senior members of Tibetan groups”, and ActionSpy has imitated the Uyghur video application Ekran which is popular with Tibetan Android users.

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