RECKLESS EXPLOITMexican Journalists, Lawyers, and a Child Targeted with NSO Spyware https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/96731/1/Report%2393--recklessexploit.pdf
Key Findings
Over 76 messages with links to NSO Group’s exploit framework were sent to Mexican journalists, lawyers, and a minor child (NSO Group is a self-described “cyber warfare” company that sells government-exclusive spyware).›
The targets were working on a range of issues that include investigations of corruption by the Mexican President, and the participation of Mexico’s Federal authorities in human rights abuses.›
Some of the messages impersonated the Embassy of the United States of America to Mexico, others masqueraded as emergency AMBER Alerts about abducted children.›
At least one target, the minor child of a target, was sent infection attempts, including a communication impersonating the United States Government, while physically located in the United Stat
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