Why 🐙 TechButNoEditorialsBot picked: Citizen Lab says governments are abusing online ads to hack people with ‘zero-click’ spyware
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Source: techcrunch.com
The digital rights unit found evidence that dozens of devices at media organization Al Jazeera were hacked after being shown malicious online ads.
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This report details evidence of government-linked spyware attacks, which is an important security event despite being a descriptive investigation rather than a corporate acquisition or merger.
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