El Faro, a digital newspaper in Central America known for its investigative reporting and independent ethics, was referred to by some as a “breakthrough digital newspaper”. So when the reporters of this Salvadoran news outlet began to notice their phones acting strangely, with their batteries draining or their phones overheating without explanation, they had a strange feeling that someone might be accessing their messages.
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But when the reporters at the Peruvian news outlet noticed their phones suddenly acting strangely—batteries draining, undue overheating, and other things that appeared to be happening, they had the impression that someone was reading their messages. They sent one reporter’s phone to Citizen Lab, a watchdog group, and the analysis found something surprising: It was infected with Pegasus, a defense- grade surveillance software that can copy messages, harvest photos and also control the phone’s camera and microphone.
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” Okay, I’m the target right now”, reporter Julia Gavarrete recalled. ” But the thing was, it’s clear that it’s no just me”.
The watchdog quickly discovered that El Faro was being targeted by a massive surveillance campaign after checking more journalists ‘ phones. But who was responsible for it?
One of the biggest Pegasus hacks always discovered is investigated by Reveal and the Shoot the Messenger podcast in this episode.
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El Faro, a digital newspaper in Central America known for its investigative reporting and independent ethics, was referred to by some as a “breakthrough digital newspaper”. So when the reporters of this Salvadoran news outlet began to notice their phones acting strangely, with their batteries draining or their phones overheating without explanation, they had a strange feeling that someone might be accessing their messages.
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