CYBER THREAT ANALYSIS Figure 9 (Left): Graphic showing solidarity between the “Milk Tea Alliance’’ countries. (Source: Sina Wittayawirok, Reddit) Figure 10 (Right): Photo showing umbrella movement participants in Myanmar. (Source: Reddit (2)) Reddit forums are also being used to identify militaryoperated websites, emails, military related Facebook accounts, or file servers that should be targeted. Forum threads contain lists of Myanmar military affiliated social media pages and websites that were recommended for targeting by the hacktivist groups in their anti-military campaigns. Another running list was observed on the open source media site Medium. Furthermore, the protesters have expanded the scope of targeting to include military-owned businesses and businesses belonging to members of military families. Activist groups such as Justice for Myanmar were also found to have launched mirror sites that were used to coordinate efforts and spread news to those within Myanmar after their official site was banned within the country. The History of Political Unrest in Myanmar 1988 Elections and Uprising Milk Tea Alliance Crucially, the protesters in Myanmar are also learning lessons from their pro-Democracy counterparts, known as the Milk Tea Alliance, in other East and Southeast Asian countries, namely Hong Kong. A Reddit thread posted on February 17, 2021 showed a 78-page Google document, titled “The HK19 Manual - Part 1: the Roles”, written in both English and Burmese. The manual detailed items such as the various roles that are needed in a pro-Democracy movement and their responsibilities, such as “Front-liners”, “Scouts”, and “Social Workers”. Other resources listed within the document include student activist groups, legal support, and international media resources that could be used to amplify messaging internationally. 9 Members of the Milk Tea Alliance in other Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, were encouraged by the group to show their solidarity with the people of Myanmar on February 28, 2021 and organize their own protests within their respective countries. The rallies took place mostly online, and there were a small number of in-person protests in places such as Thailand and Taiwan, with online participants sharing their artwork, identifying military-owned businesses in Myanmar, and amplifying the Burmese pro-democracy message to the international community. In an effort to reduce the nation’s debt in 1987, Ne Win announced the withdrawal of the newly replaced currency notes, 75, 35, and 25 kyats, leaving the 45 and 90 kyat notes. This angered many university students as their tuition savings were reduced. As a result, students from the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT) protested in the streets of then-capital Rangoon, now known as Yangon, and distributed anti-government leaflets. Other university protest groups set off bombs and organized smaller gatherings in the university campus. This led to an increasing student activist group who had a growing resentment toward the military rule, the economic policies of Ne Win, and the corruption of the government. CTA-2021-0324 Recorded Future ® | www.recordedfuture.com