Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-10-02 00:00:00
Affected organization: Mexican journalists and a human rights defender
Affected country: Mexico
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Host
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: An investigation reveals that Mexican journalists and a human rights defender investigating links between extrajudicial killings, drugs cartels, and the Mexican military, were infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.