Facebook said Wednesday that hackers based in China used the social media platform as part of a campaign to hack and spy on diasporas of Uyghurs, the minority group the country has been accused of putting in "re-education" camps.
But Facebook did say the hackers are part of the same operation that the cybersecurity company Volexity cited in 2019 as being affiliated with the Chinese government. It published research that revealed that the country's hackers had gone to extreme measures to hack and spy on Uyghurs. They used sophisticated, previously unknown tools to load malicious code into multiple Uyghur news sites so that they would hack and spy on nearly any smartphone that visited.
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Chinese Hackers Made Fake Facebook Profiles, Apps To Spy On Uyghur Activists : NPR
Chinese hackers used fake Facebook profiles and spoof websites to target Uyghur activists with spy malware, the social media company announced on Wednesday.
"This activity had the hallmarks of a well-resourced and persistent operation, while obfuscating who's behind it," Facebook cybersecurity investigators said in a statement .
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As a result, officials said they took down the group's accounts — about 100 — and notified the people believed to have been targeted by the hackers. They also shared the findings with industry peers.
IOTW: Hackers Prove Modern-Day Security Firm Is Anything But | Cyber Security Hub
In 2016, Verkada CEO Filip Kaliszan founded his Silicon Valley company with a specific vison in mind: “...to build the world’s safest and most sophisticated physical security systems.” On March 12, Kaliszan admitted that Verkada fell short , apologizing to the security firm’s clients, including 24,000 organizations.
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The push and pull between security and privacy is the bigger story here. These days, the neighborhood social network Nextdoor is flooded with Nest videos with titles like, “Suspicious man goes through my trash,” or, “This woman didn’t pick up after her dog.” Does affordable and attainable mass surveillance make us more secure or less? It depends who you ask.
Connected-Car Hacking Is a Perennial Worry and a Constant Fight
While hackers see value in trying to get into connected vehicles, having someone worm their way into your car is not exactly top of mind for people thinking about autonomous and connected vehicles. In 2019, PC Magazine conducted a poll of over 2000 people that found safety concerns and technology failures were the biggest fear when it comes to autonomous vehicles for 45 percent of respondents. Only 15 percent said hacking threats were their top fear.
The United Nations has passed regulations about vehicle cybersecurity with more teeth, rules that force auto manufacturers to assess risk and report intrusion attempts in order to certify that their connected components are secure. The Times notes that this regulation will go into force in 54 countries, including in Japan and South Korea in 2022 and in Europe in July 2024. Given the global nature of the auto industry, though, the fact that the U.S.
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Facebook caught Chinese hackers using fake personas to target Uyghurs abroad – TechCrunch
Facebook on Wednesday announced new actions to disrupt a network of China-based hackers leveraging the platform to compromise targets in the Uyghur community.
Facebook’s security and cyberespionage teams began seeing the activity in 2020 and opted to disclose the threat publicly to maximize the impact on the hacking group, which has proven sensitive to public disclosures in the past.
Facebook shuts down hackers who infected iOS and Android devices | Ars Technica
Facebook said it has disrupted a hacking operation that used the social media platform to spread iOS and Android malware that spied on Uyghur people from the Xinjiang region of China.
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Facebook also named two China-based companies it said had developed some of the Android malware. "These China-based firms are likely part of a sprawling network of vendors, with varying degrees of operational security," Facebook's Dvilyanski and Gleicher wrote.
Chinese hackers used Facebook to target Uighurs abroad, company says | Reuters
"This activity had the hallmarks of a well-resourced and persistent operation, while obfuscating who's behind it," Facebook cybersecurity investigators said in a blog post. ( bit.ly/3lLi8wY )
Facebook said its investigation found two Chinese companies, Beijing Best United Technology Co Ltd (Best Lh) and Dalian 9Rush Technology Co Ltd (9Rush) had developed the Android tooling deployed by the group.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately return a message seeking comment on Facebook's report. Beijing routinely denies allegations of cyber espionage.
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