Hackers Tried to Compromise Phones of Tibetans Working for Dalai Lama

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Hackers Tried to Compromise Phones of Tibetans Working for Dalai Lama
Citizen Lab details new hacking campaigns against high-profile Tibetans usi
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Hackers tried to break into the iPhones and Android devices of several Tibetans, some working for the office of the Dalai Lama, the Central Tibetan Administration, and the Tibetan parliament, according to a new report.
The hackers used exploits and spyware developed for the iOS and Android operating systems, and attempted to deliver them through carefully crafted phishing messages sent via WhatsApp, from people who pretended to be journalists, staffers of NGOs, and volunteers to Tibetan human rights groups, tibetan-groups-targeted-with-1-click-mobile-exploits” target=”_blank”>according to the report, published by the digital rights group Citizen Lab on Tuesday.
The researchers conclude that this hacking campaign was carried out by the same hacking group that targeted the Uyghur people living in China.
At the end of last month, Google detailed a shocking campaign against the Muslim minority, where hackers used several exploits that at the time were unknown (these type of hacking tools are called zero-days, given that the company who makes the software targeted has had zero days to fix them.)
“They’re clearly a bit scrappier: using slightly out-of-date exploits to catch those who procrastinate with their updates, and they’re not necessarily going after ‘everything’ on the phone.”
Citizen Lab, which is based out of the Munk School at the University of Toronto, saw 15 hacking attempts.
The campaign tracked by Citizen Lab appears to overlap with those revealed by Google Project Zero, which revealed the use of several iOS zero-days, and china-uyghur-hacking-china-android-iphone/” target=”_blank”>one detailed by security firm Volexity, which identified several websites used to spread Android malware

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