"A coalition of governments has published a list of legitimate-looking Android apps that were actually spyware and were used to target civil society that may oppose China’s state interests.

On Tuesday, the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre, or NCSC, which is part of intelligence agency GCHQ, along with government agencies from Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the United States, published separate advisories on two families of spyware, known as BadBazaar and Moonshine.

These two spywares hid inside legitimate-looking Android apps, acting essentially as “Trojan” malware, with surveillance capabilities such as the ability to access the phone’s cameras, microphone, chats, photos, and location data, the NCSC wrote in a press release on Wednesday.

BadBazaar and Moonshine, which have been previously analyzed by cybersecurity firms like Lookout, Trend Micro, and Volexity, as well as the digital rights nonprofit Citizen Lab, were used to target Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Taiwanese communities, as well as civil society groups, according to the NCSC.

Uyghurs are a Muslim-minority group largely in China that has for years faced detention, surveillance, and discrimination from the Chinese government, and thus has frequently been the target of hacking campaigns."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/governments-identify-dozens-of-android-apps-bundled-with-spyware/

#CyberSecurity #China #Android #Spyware #StateHacking #Uyghurs #Tibet #Taiwan

Oh LOOK! NOW FP refers to #Uighurs as a terrorist entity! Also, these islamists are referred to as a "Community".

Note the onsite lede is different: "What Are #Uyghurs Doing in #Syria?"

"They helped overthrow Assad, but potential (actually well documented) #terrorists ties complicate the 'community's' future in the country."

Uyghur Fighters in Syria and the Future of the #Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP)

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/uyghurs-tpd-syria-fighters/

Paywall B Gone https://archive.ph/oudsu #ISIS #alqaeda #islamists

US government media has an opinion. I have mine. The #Uyghurs in 'diaspora' are mostly #ISIS fighters in hiding, and their unfortunate families. They're due for deprogramming.

"Opinion: #Thailand's deportation of Uyghurs to #China has echoes of 10 years ago"
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5321404/opinion-thailand-china-uyghurs

If you think #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang are oppressed, and even commited genocide against by #China, then you're believing into lies of #CIA (#NED, #RadioFreeAsia, etc), and of course Christo-fascist founder of the #VictimsOfCommunismMemorialFoundation, #AdrianZenz.

I've been recently given that same #GenocideWatch document shown in the video as "evidence". Absolutely insane that someone would believe this garbage. Same site diminishes an actual genocide in #Palestine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRSNbv30SE

In a country of strict control they stand,
Dissidents silenced by China's hand,
Exiled voices they try to muffle,
In their quest to quell the shuffle,
In the fight for freedom they take a brave stand.

#GuardianLimerick #China #Russia #Europe #Uyghurs #Media

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/12/quarter-countries-exiled-dissidents-china-governments-transnational-repression

There once was a land of dissent,
Where voices were swiftly silenced, hell-bent.
Exiled dissidents tried to speak,
But in China, truth was bleak,
Their cries for freedom often went unmeant.

#GuardianLimerick #China #Russia #Europe #Uyghurs #Media

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/12/quarter-countries-exiled-dissidents-china-governments-transnational-repression

In China, dissenters face a plight,
Silenced by the government's might,
Exiled for their views,
They pay heavy dues,
Speaking out is a dangerous fight.

#GuardianLimerick #China #Russia #Europe #Uyghurs #Media

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/12/quarter-countries-exiled-dissidents-china-governments-transnational-repression

There's a country with power and might
Silencing those who dare shed light
Exiled dissidents they chase
Hiding in fear, in disgrace
China's iron grip holds on tight

#GuardianLimerick #China #Russia #Europe #Uyghurs #Media

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/12/quarter-countries-exiled-dissidents-china-governments-transnational-repression

Totally agree with most criticism of #Israel and its atrocities in #gaza #Palestine

But when people say "no other country would get away with it" I wonder

Do they not know about what #Indonesia did to #EastTimor? What #India is doing to #Kashmir? What #China is doing to the #Uyghurs & #Tibetans? What #Russia did to #Chechnya?

We can debate intensity, impact, scale of atrocities, etc, but the idea that only Israel is getting away with committing crimes against humanity is naive ignorance.

A U.S. congressional investigation released Monday found that carmakers BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen had used components from a Chinese supplier banned in the United States over alleged forced labor ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/21/us-forced-labor-automakers/ #business #bmw #jaguar #landrover #volkswagen #us #china #carmakers #uyghurs #xinjiang #forcedlabor