Palo Alto Networks, Unit 42, a security research organisation disclosed on January 25, 2016, that an apparently Chinese government-sponsored hacking group has progressed from targeting activists to setting its sights on foreign government organisations gathering intelligence on the same targets. It said the so-called "Scarlet Mimic" organisation has been active for at least four years and initially focused on minority rights activists,primarily Uyghur and Tibetan groups. Both groups have been targets of multiple sophisticated attacks in the past decade.