23 hours ago · Security researchers say Chinese authorities are using a new type of malware to extract data from seized phones, allowing them to obtain text messages — including from chat apps such as Signal. 1 day ago · Mobile security company Lookout found a new malware/spyware system that Chinese police departments use to extract data from confiscated Android phones. Internal documents in the leak describe I – Soon databases of hacked data collected from foreign networks around the world that are advertised and sold to Chinese police. The company’s website was fully offline later Tuesday. Feature Chinese tech company employees and government workers are siphoning off user data and selling it online – and even high-ranking Chinese Communist Party officials and FBI-wanted hackers’ sensitive information is being peddled by the Middle Kingdom’s thriving illegal data ecosystem. Of late, Americans have been concerned about Byte Dance, the China -based company behind TikTok, which is required under Chinese law to share the data it collects with the Chinese government. A new report comes amid rising concern about how China will use new tools to power covert actions, as Western intelligence services also embrace the technology.