(Reuters) - Moroccan human rights activists have been targeted by hackers armed with sophisticated computing spying software amid a government crackdown on protests in recent years, according to research by Amnesty International.
A report http://amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2019/10/Morocco-Human-Rights-Defenders-Targeted-with-NSO-Groups-Spyware released Wednesday by the British non-profit human rights advocacy organization shows how two prominent Moroccan activists were repeatedly targeted since at least 2017 with virus-laden text messages and through an internet interception technique, which can covertly plant malware on cell phones.