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Senior researcher John Scott-Railton speaks with GIJN about strategies journalists can employ to improve their digital hygiene and protect themselves from targeted attacks.
Italian prosecutors have confirmed the hacking of journalist Francesco Cancellato, who was alerted of a suspected attack last year.
A Greek court sentenced four Intellexa executives to prison for their role in a 2022 scandal that involved the use of Predator spyware against more than 90 public figures in the country. Citizen Lab researchers first published evidence of Predator spyware in Greece in late 2021. The Lab later analyzed the phones of journalist Thanasis […]
NSO Group, the firm behind Pegasus spyware, has a new executive chairman who plans to use his ties to the Trump administration to improve the company’s reputation in the U.S. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal and the Guardian, Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton says that Pegasus creates “unbearable temptation for abuse” where “nobody […]
Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton speaks with TechCrunch about the proliferation of spyware use, and the effects it has on democracy. While it is ostensibly used to monitor criminals, Scott-Railton says that government spyware “needs to be treated like the threat to democracy and elections that it is.” Read more in TechCrunch.
