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"- In March 2025, senior members of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) living in exile were targeted with a spearphishing campaign aimed at delivering Windows-based malware capable of conducting remote surveillance against its targets.

- The malware was delivered through a trojanized version of a legitimate open source word processing and spell check tool developed to support the use of the Uyghur language. The tool was originally built by a developer known and trusted by the targeted community.

- Although the malware itself was not particularly advanced, the delivery of the malware was extremely well customized to reach the target population and technical artifacts show that activity related to this campaign began in at least May of 2024.

- The ruse employed by the attackers replicates a typical pattern: threat actors likely aligned with the Chinese government have repeatedly instrumentalized software and websites that aim to support marginalized and repressed cultures to digitally target these same communities.

- This campaign shows the ongoing threats of digital transnational repression facing the Uyghur diaspora. Digital transnational repression arises when governments use digital technologies to surveil, intimidate, and silence exiled and diaspora communities."

citizenlab.ca/2025/04/uyghur-l

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The Citizen Lab · Weaponized Words: Uyghur Language Software Hijacked to Deliver Malware - The Citizen LabOur investigation of a spearphishing campaign that targeted senior members of the World Uyghur Congress in March 2025 reveals a highly-customized attack delivery method. The ruse used by attackers replicates a pattern in which threat actors weaponize software and websites aimed at preserving and supporting marginalized and repressed cultures to target those same communities.
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... arguing that the deportees will almost certainly face persecution, arbitrary detention, or worse under the Chinese government.

"The deportations come at a time when #Beijing has been actively seeking to deepen its ties with #Bangkok, particularly over the vast cyberscam industry that has infected most of Thailand's neighbors."

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Do read the excellent article for free:

dw.com/en/thailands-uyghur-dep

Deutsche Welle · Thailand's Uyghur deportations: Balancing China and the WestBy David Hutt
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... #PaetongtarnShinawatra — economic growth. "Right now, that is more likely with China than that of the #UnitedStates,"..."

"... a #Thai analyst and columnist, told DW. "#Thailand is playing its usual balancing act and, in this case, it is simply prioritizing immediate interests."

The United States and several human rights organizations had spent months warning against such a move,...

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... think tank, this case marked an 👉 "inflection point" in #Thailand's geostrategic balancing."👈

"Thailand now is an open pawn in the US-China conflict," he told DW. "👉The big geostrategic danger is that the #Thai elite facing #US sanctions now move ever closer into China's orbit and compromise Thailand's once-famous balancing act."👈

"Instead, it is thinking about the one thing that matters most to #Thai Prime Minister...

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... global audience sees on a daily basis that decades old military (#NATO) and economic allies (#Canada/ #Mecico) are left hanging in the cold from one day to another. The arcane and insane #Mercantilist trade policies with aggressive, crippling #tariffs will lead to less trade with the #US.

Via #DavidHutt @dw_innovation

"For #ThitinanPongsudhirak, a senior fellow at the #InstituteOfSecurityAndInternationalStudies, a...

@dw_innovation

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*"#Thai authorities deported a group of 40 #Uyghur men to #China last month"..."the hell those 40 #Uyghurs will face back in #Xinjiang"*
The last time #Bangkok did this was in 2015.

👉It is possible to see this as a precursor to the #US' waning geopolitical influence, as the disastrous #Trumpean #Foreign, #Economic, and #Security policies of the #AmericaFirst.👈 The...

dw.com/en/thailands-uyghur-dep

Deutsche Welle · Thailand's Uyghur deportations: Balancing China and the WestBy David Hutt

alojapan.com/1225461/china-eas China eases travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains ‘severe’ controls #China #discrimination #HumanRights #IndigenousPeople #JapanTrips #trips #Uyghurs #xinjiang Beijing – China has eased travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains “severe restrictions” on those seeking to go abroad or visit family in Xinjiang, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said Monday. Beijing stands accused of detaining more than a million Uyghurs and other Muslims…

White Lotus…Thai Vacation may not be a good idea 😬

On 27 February 2025, the Royal Thai Government deported a group of 45 Uyghurs asylees to China (why?)

Similar deportations have prompted violent retaliatory attacks in the past

Most notably, in the wake of a 2015 deportation of Uyghurs from Thailand, improvised explosive devices detonated at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok killing 20 people and injuring 125 others as this shrine is heavily visited by tourists from China.

What's left of the U.S. Mission in Thailand advises U.S. citizens to: Exercise increased caution & vigilance…

#Thailand: 40 #Uyghurs Forcibly Sent to #China: Beijing Should Allow UN, Families Immediate Access to Returnees. “The Thai government violated domestic and international law by forcibly sending at least 40 Uyghur men to China, where they could face #torture, #arbitrary #detention, and long-term imprisonment, Human Rights Watch said today. The men had been held in Thai immigration detention for over a decade.” | HRW hrw.org/news/2025/02/28/thaila

Human Rights Watch · Thailand: 40 Uyghurs Forcibly Sent to ChinaThe Thai government violated domestic and international law by forcibly sending at least 40 Uyghur men to China, where they could face torture, arbitrary detention, and long-term imprisonment.

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.

youtube.com/watch?v=iaRSNbv30S