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Citizen Lab say exiled Uyghur leaders targeted with Windows spyware
The researchers said the attackers behind the campaign had "deep understanding of the target community."
Unknown hackers last month targeted leaders of the exiled Uyghur community in a campaign involving Windows spyware, researchers revealed Monday. Citizen Lab investigated and found a targeted phishing email sent to members of WUC, impersonating a trusted contact who sent a Google Drive link for a password-protected compressed file containing a malicious version of a Uyghur language text editor. The researchers said the campaign wasn’t particularly sophisticated and didn’t involve zero-day exploits or , but noted that “the delivery of the malware showed a high level of social engineering, revealing the attackers’ deep understanding of the target community.”
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