Meiya Pico
HeadquartersXiamen, China
CategoryState surveillance
StatusActive · U.S. Entity List / CMIC-sanctioned (2021)
Known tools / spyware
mobile forensics / surveillance
Overview
Chinese digital-forensics firm (Xiamen Meiya Pico) that claims roughly 40% of the mainland Chinese forensics market. It has been linked to MFSocket, a police app used to extract photos, messages, location and contacts from citizens' phones during street checks. Added to the U.S. Entity List and sanctioned under the Chinese Military-Industrial Complex program in December 2021 for supporting surveillance of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
Where their tools have been used (4)
Recent activity & sources
- Dec 16, 2021U.S. blacklists 34 Chinese entities, citing human rights abuses and 'brain-control weaponry'CNBC
- Jun 25, 2019MFSocket: A Chinese surveillance toolBaptiste Robert (security researcher)