Some of Mexico’s most prominent journalists and activists were targeted by a massive spyware campaign, according to a new report from Citizen Lab. Conducted mostly between August 2015 and July 2016, the campaign included 76 separate spyware-laced SMS messages sent to 11 different targets, including prominent TV journalist Carmen Aristegui and her young son. It’s unclear why Aristegui and the others were targeted, although she and many of the other targeted journalists were investigating the “Casa Blanca” scandal, in which Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is accused of receiving a multimillion-dollar mansion from a favored contractor.
The messages themselves ranged from a simple “message not sent” text to more aggressive attempts,...
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