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Luisa Cantú

Pegasus continues to be used; target: lawyers in relevant cases

Pegasus spy malware has been used in this administration against individuals involved in specific issues - and litigation.
Pegasus continues to be used; target: lawyers in relevant cases
By Luisa Cantú

The Pegasus spyware was not only used by the former Secretary of Public Security, Genaro García Luna(as revealedby the testimony of witnesses this week in his trial in New York) and by the government of Enrique Peña Nieto (as revealed by the #GobiernoEspía report).

has also been used in this administration against individuals involved in specific issues - and litigation.

We knew about some of them; in October 2022 the R3D network revealed three cases of espionage during this six-year term: a human rights defender and two journalists. Now the Citizen Lab of the University of Toronto confirmed -in private- another four cases: all of them lawyers.

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