Israel eased export controls on surveillance technologies amid criticism
August 22, 2019 4:53 PM ET
New York, August 22, 2019--Israeli officials confirmed that, under a rule change by the Defense Ministry, Israeli surveillance companies are able to obtain exemptions on marketing license for the sale of some products to certain countries, Reuters reported today....
Press freedom summit urges Mexico to reform journalist protections
July 2, 2019 6:21 PM ET
On June 18, more than 400 people converged in Mexico City for CPJ's Mexico Press Freedom Summit. Energized by a sense that the country is at a point of profound political change under the government of President Andrés Manuel...
Moroccan independent journalists describe climate of pervasive surveillance, harassment
July 1, 2019 12:00 PM ET
In March 2015, Hicham Mansouri emailed an anti-malware company, suspicious of possible signs that someone was able to access his device remotely, without permission. He remembers exchanging a few messages with the software company, but the correspondence was interrupted...
NSO Group responds to spyware abuse allegations with spin
March 27, 2019 1:41 PM ET
Entering the terms "NSO Group," "journalists," and "spying" into a Google search from a workstation in New York City recently produced a sponsored search result at the top of the page. The NSO Group manufactures some of the world's...
Widow of slain Mexican journalist Javier Valdez targeted by spyware
March 20, 2019 5:42 PM ET
Mexico City, March 20, 2019--Griselda Triana, the widow of slain Mexican journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, was targeted by spyware identified as Pegasus in 2017 in an apparent spying attempt, according to a new report released today by Canadian research...
How the Saudis may have spied on Jamal Khashoggi
October 31, 2018 10:33 AM ET
Omar Abdulaziz, a 27-year-old Saudi Arabian dissident, can still remember the time Jamal Khashoggi, the storied Saudi journalist, unfollowed him on Twitter. It was in 2015, and Khashoggi had been tapped to head a new TV network called Al-Arab,...
Aviso de seguridad del CPJ: utilizan el programa espía Pegasus contra los periodistas y la sociedad civil
1 de Octubre 2018 5:47 PM ET
En un informe publicado el 18 de septiembre, Citizen Lab declaró que había detectado el software Pegasus, un programa espía creado para dispositivos móviles, en más de 45 países. Pegasus transforma un celular en una estación de vigilancia móvil...
Consultoria de Segurança do CPJ: Spyware Pegasus usado para atingir jornalistas, sociedade civil
outubro 1, 2018 5:40 PM ET
Em um relatório publicado em 18 de setembro, o Citizen Lab informou ter detectado o Pegasus, spyware criado para dispositivos móveis, em mais de 45 países. O Pegasus, que transforma um celular em uma estação de vigilância móvel, poderia...
CPJ Safety Advisory: Pegasus spyware used to target journalists, civil society
October 1, 2018 5:34 PM ET
[EDITOR'S NOTE: See CPJ’s updated safety advisory here https://cpj.org/2019/11/cpj-safety-advisory-journalist-targets-of-pegasus-.php.] In a report published on September 18, Citizen Lab said it had detected Pegasus, a spyware created for mobile devices, in over 45 countries. Pegasus, which transforms a cellphone into...