Watchdog says found NSO Group's Pegasus software on phones which were then surveilled using local infrastructure; government denies involvement despite circumstantial evidence
The cellphones of dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador were repeatedly hacked with sophisticated spyware over the past year and a half, an Internet watchdog said on Wednesday.
Reporting on its latest findings about the use of the Israeli firm NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said that it had identified a Pegasus operator working almost exclusively in El Salvador in early 2020.
While the researchers could not conclusively link the hacks to the Salvadoran government, the report said “the strong country-specific focus of the infections suggests that this is very likely.”
Sofia Medina, spokeswoman
MEXICO CITY (AP) Dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador had their cellphones repeatedly hacked with sophisticated spyware over the past year and a half, an internet watchdog said Wednesday.
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An internet watchdog says dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador had their cellphones repeatedly hacked with sophisticated spyware over the past year and a half