Electronic Frontier FoundationDays after the assassination of Mexican investigative reporter Javier Valdez Cárdenas, his colleagues were targeted with Pegasus spyware, purchased by the Mexican government from Israel's NSO Group.
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Reckless VI: Mexican Journalists Investigating Cartels Targeted with NSO Spyware Following Assassination of Colleague - The Citizen Lab
Two days after the murder of award-winning Mexican journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, two of his colleagues began receiving text messages laden with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware. To date, 24 targets of Pegasus have been identified in Mexico. This case additionally illustrates an alarming trend of spyware attacks around the world specifically aimed at journalists.