Dharamshala, Aug. 5 -- Individuals associated with China conducted two cyber espionage initiatives aimed at the Tibetan community in the weeks approaching His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday on July 6, 2025, as revealed by recent research from the U.S.-based security firm Zscaler ThreatLabz and the Tibetan Computer Emergency Readiness Team (TibCERT), according to a report by Phayul.

The campaigns, named Operation GhostChat and Operation PhantomPrayers, employed counterfeit Tibet-related applications and websites to covertly install spyware on the devices of victims, facilitating the theft of confidential information, enabling remote monitoring, and allowing control over devices.

Researchers have indicated that these campaigns ut...