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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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#TBT to our first investigation into NSO technology used against @Ahmed_Mansoor, a human rights advocate in UAE t.co/97YSkWup96
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Mexico Wages Cyber Warfare Against Journalists t.co/mWBnpmmmmG via @gijn
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Mexico to Investigate Spying Campaign Against Journalists and Activists t.co/2uEjxo55rw
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Timeline of how a journalist and her child-- a minor at the time-- were the targets of malware attempts in... t.co/IhnArMWbHX
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Government Spying Allegations in Mexico Spur Calls for Inquiry t.co/l8HiN2gw5Z
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Mexico's Government Is Accused Of Targeting Journalists And Activists With Spyware t.co/hJYQXRaPYo @jsrailton
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Mexico's Government Is Accused Of Targeting Journalists And Activists With Spyware t.co/hJYQXRaPYo @jsrailton comments
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Plus the lengthy narrative by the @nytimes on the targeting of journalists, rights defenders, others we documented t.co/6RBzHr49OF
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Mexico Authorities Misusing Surveillance Tech to Spy on Political Opponents: Reports t.co/wDIQYMIIRp @InSightCrime
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Michael Flynn worked with a cyberweapons group that sold spyware used against dissidents t.co/cwurepKiBp via @HuffPostPol
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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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