Using Texts as Lures, Government Spyware Targets Mexican Journalists and Their Families – NYTimes.com

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Using Texts as Lures, Government Spyware Targets Mexican Journalists and Their Families

Software bought by the Mexican government is supposed to fight criminals and terrorists. Instead, it is infesting the smartphones of its critics.

Link: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/world/americas/mexico-spyware-anticrime.html

The targets include lawyers looking into the mass disappearance of 43 students, a highly respected academic who helped write anti-corruption legislation, two of Mexico’s most influential journalists and an American representing victims of sexual abuse by the police. The spying even swept up family members, including a teenage boy.