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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nina Lloyd

Spyware accessing phone audio and cameras for data ‘of use to China’, NCSC warns

People are warned to report any suspicious files and review apps and permissions regularly (Alamy/PA) -

Uighur, Tibetan and Taiwanese communities across the world are being targeted by spyware apps combing data likely to be of value to China, UK cyber experts have warned.

Malicious software dubbed MOONSHINE and BADBAZAAR is accessing microphones, cameras, messages, photos and location data without users being aware, GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said.

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