Tag Archives: spyware

Spyware: Who gets targeted?

Posted on April 19, 2024 by borderslynn

Of the 50,000 phone numbers in the data, we had been able to verify, with multiple sources for each, the identities of more than 1,000 people from fifty countries. The count included more than 600 politicians and government officials, including … Continue reading →

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Jamal Kashoggi

Posted on April 12, 2024 by borderslynn

Many of us remember how Jamal Kashoggi was tortured to death in the most slow and medically precise way by a top Saudi surgeon with a team of assistants. It is believed MBS instructed this manner of death to the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged amnesty international, Azerbaijan, blackmail, corruption, human rights abuses, imprisonment, journalists, murder, NSO credentials, oppression, Rmenia, Saudi Arabia, spyware, truth to power, Vardanyan | Leave a comment

Pro Human Rights North African Journalists targeted by malware infection

Posted on April 4, 2024 by borderslynn

The Pegasus book (by Richard and Rigaud) describes the Kafkaesque experience of a young Moroccan investigative journalist, Omar Radi. June 22, 2020: Forbidden Stories posted a story of the Pegasus attack on Omar Radi…..2 days later, Omar was summoned to … Continue reading →

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Mexico: targeting journalists

Posted on March 24, 2024 by borderslynn

So many journalists have been murdered since the Mexican government acquired the NSO malware, Pegasus. We were essentially picking up reporting threads left unfinished by a handful of brave Mexican journalists who had been killed, most likely by assassins from … Continue reading →

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Consequences of Spyware use: Track, torture, execute

Posted on March 22, 2024 by borderslynn

Here are some extracts from the current book I’ve begun reading about the spread of an evolved spyware application, Pegasus. The authors describe earlier spyware consequences and now believe each and every one of us who has a phone is … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Algeria, Amesys, Amysis, Arab Spring, colonial repression, coup, cyber weapons, egypt, france, Gadhafi, middle east, Muslim Brotherhood, oppression, Pegasus, Sisi, spyware, United Arab Emirates | Leave a comment

PROMIS to Pegasus: enablers of horror

Posted on March 22, 2024 by borderslynn

1933: the stirrings of WWII and opportunities for lucrative trade emerging. I refer you to the book (published 2001) by Edwin Black ‘IBM and the Holocaust’. It is a magnificent piece of work and reveals the integral aspect of trade … Continue reading →

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