Date of report
- September 2019
Affiliations
- Believed to be the work of Chinese state-sponsored hackers.
Multiple threat actors compromised telecoms networks across Central and Southeast Asia. The attacks were part of a wider cyber-espionage campaign targeting diplomats and state officials, and they signal China's ability and intent to track the movements of Uighurs along a number of transit routes that they use to escape state persecution.
Suspected state sponsor
- China
Type of incident
- Espionage
Target category
- Civil society
Suspected state sponsor response