Commercial Espionage Software Used Against Mexican Anti-Corruption Group: Citizen Lab Joe Uchill - The Hill
go to original August 31, 2017

#GobiernoEspía: Citizen Lab researcher explains Pegasus's use in Mexico (R3D MX)

A commercial hacking tool sold only to governments was deployed against the director of a Mexican anti-corruption organization, according to the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab.

Citizen Lab has previously identified 21 cases in Mexico where the same militarized spyware was used, saying it shows a pattern of attempts to spy on inappropriate targets.



Claudio González, director of Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity, was targeted with the "Pegasus" malware developed by the contractor NSO Group.

Similar Pegasus attacks have previously targeted opposition politicians, journalists and international investigators looking into the disappearance of 43 students in the city of Iguala in 2014.

NSO's Pegasus product targets mobile devices and is intended for law enforcement and counterterrorism use. It is unclear who is behind the attacks, while the government of Mexico is an NSO client.

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