An award-winning iPhone hack was used by the Chinese government to spy on Uyghur Muslims, giving Beijing total control of their phones.
A detailed report says that Chinese white-hat hackers used to participate in the annual Pwn2Own contest designed to uncover and exploit zero-day security vulnerabilities. The hackers win cash prizes, and the issues are reported to the companies concerned so that they can be fixed before details are shared publicly …
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