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Facebook said on Wednesday it had blocked a group of hackers in China who used the platform to target Uighurs living abroad with links to malware that would infect their devices and enable surveillance.

The social media company said the hackers, known as Earth Empusa or Evil Eye in the security industry, targeted activists, journalists, and dissidents who were predominantly Uighurs, a largely Muslim ethnic group facing persecution in China.…

This data comes from the ChinaPulse.com media intelligence and smart news insights monitoring platform.