The social-media giant took down legions of fake profiles aimed at spreading espionage malware. Facebook said Wednesday that the group was sending malicious links in Facebook messages that, if clicked, led to espionage-focused malware infections. The Uyghurs, a Turkic minority ethnic group affiliated with Central and East Asia, have previously been targeted in other mobile spyware attacks. Facebook took down the fake profiles, but it also found websites set up by the group that mimic third-party Android app stores.
Source: https://threatpost.com/facebook-disrupts-spy-uyghurs/165032/