Spyware used on investigators probing missing students in Mexico


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 11 Jul 2017

Relatives hold posters with images of some of the 43 missing students of Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos as they take part in a march to mark National Teachers' Day in Mexico City.

MEXICO CITY: An international investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico was targeted with spying software sold to governments to fight criminals and terrorists, according to a report published on Monday. 

The spying attempt was the latest example of civilians who have been targeted by the software known as Pegasus, which Israeli company NSO Group only sells to governments, according to the report by Citizen Lab, a group of researchers based at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs.

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