A US security firm has claimed the Chinese government may be using smartphone apps to spy on pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong.
The applications – disguised as tools created by activists – reportedly give an outside access to the phone's address book, call logs and other information.
Lacoon Mobile Security said the identities of the victims and the servers used "lead us to believe that the Chinese government are behind the attack".
The Chinese government has always denied carrying out cyber-espionage and insists it is one of the biggest victims of hacking attacks.
Lacoon said two similar "malicious and fake" apps were discovered – one targets Apple's iOS operating system, while the other targets Google's Android system.
It said the two apps appear to be related. Cross-platform attacks such as this are rare.
The company added that the "very advanced software" is "undoubtedly being backed by a nation state".
China is regarded as a leader in cyber warfare research.
In May, prosecutors in the US charged five Chinese military officers with cyberspying and stealing trade secrets from major American companies.
Meanwhile security firm Mandiant said last year it traced attacks on American companies to a military unit in Shanghai.
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