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🗓️ 25 May 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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On May 24, several news outlets reported on the internal workings of a Chinese run Uyghur internment camp in Xinjiang. The reports included detailed blueprints of the camp’s interiors, classified speeches from officials, and the personal information of police officers.
An anonymous source hacked the information and got it out of China and into the hands of journalists. It’s part of a recent trend in resurgent hacktivism.
On this episode of Cyber, Motherboard Staff Writer Joseph Cox walks us through the recent hack and what it’s like when journalists work with hackers.
Stories discussed in this episode:
Hacker Leaks Mountain of Files From Inside Xinjiang Camps
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0:00.0 | Tadden, it's got the code it's going to launch. |
0:10.0 | It's a unit system. |
0:13.0 | I know this. |
0:15.0 | It's all the files of the whole park. |
0:17.0 | It tells her everything. |
0:19.0 | Sir, he's uploading the virus. |
0:23.5 | Eagle One, the package is being delivered. |
0:27.3 | Hello out there on the internet. |
0:30.1 | I am Matthew Galt, and this is Cyber. |
0:31.8 | Pardon May. |
0:39.6 | On May 24th, several news outlets reported on the internal workings of a Chinese-run Uighur internment camp in the western part of the country. |
0:47.7 | The reports included detailed blueprints of the camp's interiors, classified speeches from officials, and the personal information of police officers. |
0:53.4 | Anonymous source hacked the information, got it out of China and into the hands of journalists. |
0:58.0 | It's part of a recent trend in resurgent hacktivism. |
1:02.8 | With me today to talk about all of this is motherboard staff writer Joseph Cox. |
1:04.8 | JC, as always, it's a pleasure. |
1:07.0 | Hey, thanks for having me. |
1:10.5 | All right, so for anyone who doesn't know, kind of some basic stuff up here at the top, |
1:14.2 | can you tell me about how China treats its Turkic and Uyghur minorities and kind of what they face? |
1:21.0 | Yeah, sure. I mean, for years, the Chinese state has been waging what is, you know, essentially a cultural genocide on these ethnic groups. |
1:33.5 | It all started way back where there was a relatively small terrorist attack committed by somebody of weaker dissent. |
1:45.2 | Ever since then, the Chinese state has responded, you know, by physically detaining |
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