Threats Tagged 'impersonation campaigns'

In collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), two distinct actor clusters aligned with the People's Republic of China were identified targeting journalists and civil society members. GLITTER CARP conducted widespread credential harvesting campaigns against Uyghur, Tibetan, Taiwanese, and Hong Kong diaspora activists, as well as journalists covering these communities, employing digital impersonation and fake security alerts while frequently reusing infrastructure. SEQUIN CARP specifically targeted journalists involved in ICIJ's China Targets investigation using sophisticated OAuth consent phishing attacks with well-developed personas based on co-opted narratives, though operational mistakes revealed poor persona management. Both campaigns demonstrate China's Military-Civil Fusion system leveraging private contractors to conduct digital transnational repression at scale, with targeting intensifying following the China Targets publication that exposed Chinese governme...