Someone is sending spyware after Mexican journalists and lawyers
 

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, according to a new report from Citizen Lab. Some are dressed as AMBER alerts. Then there are texts that threaten kidnapping, and those that flaunt details of the recipients' lives.

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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...

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