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Academic research unit at @UofT investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.

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"Many of the documented abuses (of similar technologies) are by counties that are autocratic and authoritarian"- @jsrailton #GobiernoEspia
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Fake evidence of affairs and other creepy ways government spyware is targeting Mexican journalists t.co/4migAGZAXg via @qz
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"The first thing to know about NSO software is it is meant to be undetectable by anti-virus programs" #GobiernoEspía
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Here are the NSO exploit domains and their connections to Mexican targets from our report t.co/GS4bIujRfi t.co/RLVQ0ARpCH
Image in @citizenlab's post: Here are the NSO exploit domains and their connections to Mexican targets from our report https://t…
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"This is the clearest case of abuse and the clearest example of misuse of this technology"- @jsrailton on #RecklessExploit report
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LIVE NOW: Press conference on our latest report t.co/Mf45ftz7hi #RecklessExploit
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Targets received texts pretending to be from US Embassy. Clicking link would've infected their phones with malware t.co/GS4bIujRfi t.co/nGzm4rQMHO
Image in @citizenlab's post: Targets received texts pretending to be from US Embassy. Clicking link would've infected their phon…
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One of the tactics used to snare journalists and human rights advocates was to impersonate US gov #RecklessExploit t.co/GS4bIujRfi t.co/iEOf74I5Rq
Image in @citizenlab's post: One of the tactics used to snare journalists and human rights advocates was to impersonate US gov #…
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At 1pm, Citizen Lab partners @r3dmx will host a press conference to discuss our latest report on gov-issued spyware t.co/Mf45ftz7hi
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This Report Says The Mexican Government Deployed Spyware Against Journalists And Activists t.co/cqXTt2F1FU via @raflescabrera
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Mexican journalists targeted by spyware after investigating government corruption t.co/1qMbh3J3v4 via @Verge
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Staff at Mexican anti-corruption NGO, including one US citizen, targeted with NSO exploit links t.co/GS4bIujRfi t.co/ftCFeAXjFM
Image in @citizenlab's post: Staff at Mexican anti-corruption NGO, including one US citizen, targeted with NSO exploit links htt…
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Television journalist Carlos Loret de Mola among those targeted with NSO after investigating Mexican corruption t.co/GS4bIujRfi t.co/qog8lHG5NE
Image in @citizenlab's post: Television journalist Carlos Loret de Mola among those targeted with NSO after investigating Mexica…
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Read Director @RonDeibert "Mexica Wages Cyber Warfare Against Journalists, and their minor children,” t.co/QEJLS3W6F5
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Mexica Wages Cyber Warfare Against Journalists, and their minor children t.co/QEJLS3W6F5 #recklessexploit
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Using Texts as Lures, Government Spyware Targets Mexican Activists and Their Families t.co/nrwHaHM14T #recklessexploit
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NEW REPORT: Reckless Exploit: Mexican Journalists, Lawyers, and a Child Targeted with NSO Spyware t.co/GS4bIujRfi #recklessexploit
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Interested in cyber espionage, fake news nexus? ICYMI, our “Tainted Leaks” report details massive Russian campaign t.co/kWVRB7UmeV
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