MEXICO CITY — The widow of a renowned Mexican journalist murdered two years ago was the target of an attempted spyware attack 10 days after his death, an internet watchdog group reported Wednesday. Pegasus allows for monitoring of devices and their content, including the remote activation of cameras and microphones without users’ knowledge. (Enric Marti, File/Associated Press)But in 2017, Citizen Lab made public the results of an investigation that found that some of Mexico’s most prominent journalists had been targeted by the spyware. The watchdog has also reported Pegasus being used to target human rights activists, politicians, investigators and in one case a minor. The attempts to hack Triana and the Riodoce journalists shows that the strategy continued to be employed after it became public.

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2019 18:10 UTC