Each year around July 6, Chinese state-linked APT groups step up operations against the Tibetan diaspora. Here's why the Dalai Lama's birthday carries elevated cyber risk.

Creators of China’s first Tibetan-language AI model have pledged to speed up upgrades aimed at promoting ethnic integration. Approaches to advancing the large language model, DeepZang, were discussed at a seminar on Monday that brought together representatives from research...

Psiphon, a software company that helps internet users under oppressive regimes evade online censorship, plans to leave Canada if the lawful-access bill passes. The post Toronto-Based VPN Provider Plans to Quit Canada Over Lawful-Access Bill appeared first on The...

The Citizen Lab submitted a response to the Research Directorate at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. The post Submission to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada appeared first on The Citizen Lab.

A Tibet Policy Institute analysis warns China is using AI, audience profiling and global media networks to shape international views of Tibet.

Anthropic accused Alibaba-linked operators of using fraudulent accounts and nearly 29 million Claude exchanges to extract AI capabilities.

RightsCon, the world’s largest digital human rights conference, was forced to cancel its 2026 conference just days before it was to convene in the Zambian capital of Lusaka, reportedly due to Chinese pressure on the Zambian government. A leading...

Senior research associate Emile Dirks spoke with Domino Theory about Xi Jinping’s view on national security. The post From Stuxnet to Operation Epic Fury: The China-Iran Intelligence Nexus appeared first on The Citizen Lab.

Senior research associate Emile Dirks spoke with Domino Theory about a new law in China that threatens cross-border legal consequences. The post Beijing Codifies Repression of Overseas Activists appeared first on The Citizen Lab.

Learn how AI voice cloning works and the simple steps every Tibetan can take to spot these scams and protect their family.

Disinformation and coordinated smear campaigns targeting Tibetan leaders and institutions are increasing, undermining trust and threatening the unity and resilience of the Tibetan community.

Citizen Lab senior research associate Emile Dirks spoke with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists about a report he co-authored on transnational repression in the EU.  The authors found that European nations respond more weakly to transnational repression from...

Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology

(TibetanReview.net, Dec03’25) – The Chinese government is developing AI systems in the languages of the ethnic minorities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to expand state surveillance and control, an Australian think tank has warned Dec 1. In...

New research from CrowdStrike has revealed that DeepSeek's artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning model DeepSeek-R1 produces more security vulnerabilities in response to prompts that contain topics deemed politically sensitive by China. "We found that when DeepSeek-R1 receives prompts containing topics...

We investigate a coordinated network of inauthentic X accounts that is spreading AI-generated content to induce revolt in Iran. The network has been active since 2023, but increased activity during the Iran-Israel conflict in June 2025.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order approving a deal that allows U.S. businesspeople to acquire ownership of TikTok.

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 4: Hackers tied to China carried out two cyber espionage campaigns targeting the Tibetan community in the weeks leading up to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday on July 6, 2025, according to new...

It will be the biggest embassy in Europe, if approved. But its opponents fear it brings with it certain risks and dangers

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 30th July: In a concerning development, cybersecurity experts have revealed that the People's Republic of China(PRC) is now using advanced cellular network attacks to monitor and intimidate high-ranking Tibetan leaders in exile.

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, July 28: The Tibetan Computer Emergency Readiness Team (TibCERT) has uncovered the first known cell-phone network-level cyberattack targeting a high-ranking Tibetan leader in exile. The incident, detailed in a report released on July 28, marks a...

Chinese hackers deploy fake Dalai Lama birthday apps to spy on Tibetan community using Gh0st RAT and PhantomNet malware in two cyberattacks.

On March 14, 2025, we were contacted with a request from a high-level Tibetan functionary, who reported receiving multiple abnormal roaming messages from his cellular provider stating “Welcome to China”.

The Tibetan community has been targeted by a China-nexus cyber espionage group as part of two campaigns conducted last month ahead of the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday on July 6, 2025. The multi-stage attacks have been codenamed Operation GhostChat...

China-linked hack.ers use Tibetan-themed lures to deploy malware, exploiting key events and evading detection with advanced techniques.