McClatchy: > > Investigators say targets of high-tech spying in Mexico included an > international group of experts sent to the country by the > Inter-American Human Rights Commission. > > The spyware previously was directed at journalists, activists and > opposition politicians in Mexico. But targeting foreign experts > operating under the aegis of an international body marks an escalation > of the scandal. > > A report released Monday by the internet watchdog group Citizen Lab > found that someone sent emails with links to the spyware to the > International Group of Independent Experts. Those experts had been > critical of the government's investigation into the 2014 disappearance > of 43 students from a rural teachers college in Guerrero state. > > The Israeli-made spyware is sold exclusively to governments. The > Mexican government bought it, but it's not clear who used it. > > http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article160479914.html
Details @CitizenLab: https://citizenlab.org/2017/07/mexico-disappearances-nso/
