TURKEY BUSTS CHINESE SPYING RING USING FAKE CELL TOWERS

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Turkish intelligence announced that it caught seven suspects who belonged to a Chinese espionage ring eavesdropping on Uyghurs and Turkish officials. The attackers used IMSI-catcher devices to mimic legitimate mobile phone tower signals to collect data, phone logs, conversations, and other information from nearby phones. The attackers funded their operations by hacking into and draining the bank accounts of Turkish civilians.