Exiled Russian journalist hacked using NSO Group spyware
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Andrew Roth from Technology | The Guardian on (#6EQDB)
Galina Timchenko, head of media outlet declared undesirable' by Moscow, targeted in February while living in Berlin
An award-winning Russian journalist living in exile in Europe was hacked using Israeli spyware made by NSO Group, according to a joint investigation by the Citizen Lab and Access Now.
Galina Timchenko was hacked on or around 10 February, at a time when she was based in Berlin, Germany, marking the first time that an independent Russian journalist - whose media outlet has been targeted by Moscow and declared an undesirable organisation" - is known to have been hacked with spyware.
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