Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-09-03 00:00:00
Affected organization: Turkistan Times
Affected country: Turkmenistan
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Multiple threat actors compromised and exploited eleven websites that published news and cultural information related to the Uighur populations in China, particularly the East Turkestan region. The threat actors imitated the domains of Google, the Turkistan Times, and the Uyghur Academy, and used Google applications to gain access to Gmail accounts and infect victims' devices.