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06-20-2017, 04:11 AM
Someone is sending spyware after Mexican journalists and lawyers
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Mexican journalist and human rights lawyers have been getting some troubling texts.*
Some come in the guise of bills to pay (https://citizenlab.org/2017/06/reckless-exploit-mexico-nso/), according to a new report from Citizen Lab (https://citizenlab.org/about/). Some are dressed as AMBER alerts. Then there are texts that threaten kidnapping, and those that flaunt details of the recipients' lives.
SEE ALSO: Fox News execs accused of hacking host who alleged ***ual harassment (http://mashable.com/2017/04/24/fox-news-ailes-accussed-of-hacking/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The texts are bait. Click on a link and spyware called "Pegasus" will infect your phone, which can be used to collect phone calls and text messages, and even take photos and record audio.*
The sender of the texts is unclear—but it's **t hard to guess why the targets have been singled out. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/19/mexican-journalists-targeted-with-spyware-nso-group/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Mexican journalist and human rights lawyers have been getting some troubling texts.*
Some come in the guise of bills to pay (https://citizenlab.org/2017/06/reckless-exploit-mexico-nso/), according to a new report from Citizen Lab (https://citizenlab.org/about/). Some are dressed as AMBER alerts. Then there are texts that threaten kidnapping, and those that flaunt details of the recipients' lives.
SEE ALSO: Fox News execs accused of hacking host who alleged ***ual harassment (http://mashable.com/2017/04/24/fox-news-ailes-accussed-of-hacking/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The texts are bait. Click on a link and spyware called "Pegasus" will infect your phone, which can be used to collect phone calls and text messages, and even take photos and record audio.*
The sender of the texts is unclear—but it's **t hard to guess why the targets have been singled out. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/19/mexican-journalists-targeted-with-spyware-nso-group/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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